Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Brassicales (19)
Family: Cleomaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Tarenaya (1)
Epithet: hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis (1)
Synonym: Cleome hassleriana Chod.
hassleriana => in honor of Émile Hassler (1861-1937), Swiss naturalist and botanist who mainly worked in Paraguay