Called “spiderflower family” in GBIF
The Cleomaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, comprising about 220 species in three genera, Cleome, Cleomella, and Polanisia. These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae, but were raised to a distinct family when DNA evidence suggested the genera included in it are more closely related to the Brassicaceae than they are to the Capparaceae. The APG II system allows for Cleomaceae to be included in Brassicaceae. Cleomaceae includes C3, C3–C4, and C4 photosynthesis species.
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The corn, sorghum, and sugarcane growing along field edges and in community gardens already have ...
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Corn-type (C4) plants switch off their built-in sunscreen faster than most other plants (C3) after a shadow passes, so they waste less light energy. That suggests engineers have less room to speed it up further in C4 crops like corn and sorghum.
