Polanisia dodecandra

Classification	Dicots
Family	Cleomaceae
Family (Traditional)	Cleomaceae
Genus	Polanisia
Species:	Polanisia dodecandra
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
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Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Cleome graveolens	Cleome graveolens
Polanisia dodecandra var. dodecandra	Polanisia dodecandra var. dodecandra

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Campbell (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Laurel (KY), McCracken (KY), Marion (KY), Gibson (TN), Humphreys (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 2000

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
BEREA024311	Campbell	Kentucky			BEREA Polanisia dodecandra
BEREA025494	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352499	Marion	Kentucky	31 Aug 1997	Ross C. Clark 23619	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352473	Fulton	Kentucky	31 May 1974	Raymond Athey 2756	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352507	Marion	Kentucky	01 Jul 2000	Ed Hartowicz	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352549	Gibson	Tennessee	06 Jul 1979	Brian Boom 500	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100733938	McCracken	Kentucky	03 Aug 1983	Marc Evans 7963	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352481	Graves	Kentucky	12 Jul 1984	Raymond Athey 4931	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352515	Marion	Kentucky	31 Aug 1997	Timothy J. Weckman 3752	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
31234100352523	Marion	Kentucky		Ed Hartowicz	EKY Polanisia dodecandra
MEM004833	McCracken	Kentucky	28 Jul 1970	Raymond Athey 1147	MEM Polanisia dodecandra
UCHT013790	Perry	Tennessee			UCHT Polanisia dodecandra
UCHT013787	Perry	Tennessee			UCHT Polanisia dodecandra
UCHT013788	Perry	Tennessee			UCHT Polanisia dodecandra
UCHT013791	Humphreys	Tennessee			UCHT Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109352	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0244341	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109347	Perry	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109348	Perry	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109356	Fulton	Kentucky			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109353	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109349	Perry	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109354	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra
TENN-V-0109355	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Polanisia dodecandra

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