| Cleome longipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Cleomaceae |
| Genus: | Cleome |
| Species: | C. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleome longipes Lamb. ex DC. | |
Cleome longipes of the Capper family (Capparidaceae) is a shrub found in the dry tropics and rainforest clearings from Costa Rica to northern Peru. Its most interesting characteristic is its gynophore (stipe of a pistil) which can be up to six inches (15 centimeters) in length (exceeded only by Gigasiphon macrosiphon ). bearing an equally long, and very skinney seed pod. These all emerge from a tiny flower only one-twelfth inch (two millimeters) wide.! [1]
