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|accepted_name=Tarenaya
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sylva Tellur.,
|place=111. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Spiderflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleome sect. Tarenaya
|authority=(Rafinesque) H. H. Iltis
}}
|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Tarenaya
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tarenaya]]</div></div>
|etymology=Origin obscure
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 199, 200, 215, 217
|treatment_page=page 218
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], annual. <b>Stems</b> sparsely to profusely branched; glabrous or glandular-pubescent (sometimes spiny). <b>Leaves</b>: stipular spines present [absent]; petiole with pulvinus basally or distally, (petiolule base adnate, forming pulvinar disc; spines present); leaflets [1 or](3) 5 or 7[–11] (with tiny prickles terminating teeth). <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated); bracts present [absent]. <b>Flowers</b> (often appearing unisexual due to incomplete development), zygomorphic; sepals persistent, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a discoid or conical androgynophore, glabrous; anthers (linear), coiling as pollen is released; gynophore recurved in fruit. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, dehiscent, oblong. <b>Seeds</b> 10–30+, triangular to subglobose, not arillate, (cleft fused between ends). <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=South America;introduced worldwide in tropical and warm-temperate regions.
|discussion=<p>Species 33 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Traditionally included in a broad circumscription of <i>Cleome</i>, <i>Tarenaya</i> is distinguished by its stipular and petiolar spines, absence of arils, and seeds with a large cleft cavity. All species are native to tropical America, with the exception of T. afrospina (H. H. Iltis) H. H. Iltis, of western Africa. <i>Tarenaya hassleriana</i>, long known as <i>C. spinosa</i> (and commonly by the misapplied name C. houtteana) and more recently as C. hassleriana, is a popular garden ornamental and, probably, the most widely distributed member of the family.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Sepals, ovary, and capsules glabrous; petals usually pink or purple, sometimes white.
|[[Tarenaya hassleriana|Tarenaya hassleriana]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals, ovary, and capsules ± glandular-pubescent; petals white or greenish white.
|[[Tarenaya spinosa|Tarenaya spinosa]]
|}
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name=Tarenaya
|author=Gordon C. Tucker;Hugh H. Iltis
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Cleome sect. Tarenaya
|basionyms=
|family=Cleomaceae
|distribution=South America;introduced worldwide in tropical and warm-temperate regions.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sylva Tellur.,
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|genus=Tarenaya
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