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''Cleome '' comprises 150–200 species, about 50 of them occurring in Africa. It is classified in the subfamily ''Cleomoideae'', sometimes considered as a separate family ''Cleomaceae''. There is some confusion about the name ''Cleome brachycarpa'', as the name was used both for a plant from tropical America as well as for a specimen from Yemen. For the tropical American species the correct name is now ''Prodandrogyne brachycarpa '' (DC.) Woodson, and Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC. remains the correct name for the African and Asian species. Several other ''Cleome '' species are medicinally used.