STUDIES IN THE CAPPARACEAE XIX - CLEOME-TORTICARPA N. SP., A VENEZUELAN ENDEMIC

We describe Cleome (sect. Tarenaya) torticarpa H. H. Iltis & T Ruiz Za pata n. sp., a distinct, very local endemic annual, known only from we t gallery forests along a perpetually flowing river that exits the mou th of a cave in the Cueva de la Quebrada El Toro National Park, Estado Falcon, Venezuela. It is distinguished from C. latifolia Vahl by flat tened and then twisted short fruits with more or less explosive dehisc ence, and from C. parviflora HBK, in addition, by the always 3-foliola te leaves.