1	"Receptacle in fruit 0.3--3 mm; petals < 3 mm"	2
1	"Receptacle in fruit 6--15 mm; petals 3.5--9 mm"	3
2	"Flowers 1 in leaf axils; receptacle reflexed in fruit"	"Cleomella brevipes"
2	"Flowers in racemes, sometimes also 1 in leaf axils; receptacle spreading to ascending in fruit"	"Cleomella parviflora"
3	"Plant hairy; older stems prostrate"	"Cleomella obtusifolia"
3	"Plant glabrous; older stems ascending to erect"	4
4	"Branches 0 or generally from lower nodes; leaf elliptic to ovate"	"Cleomella hillmanii var. hillmanii"
4	"Branches generally from upper nodes; leaf linear-elliptic"	"Cleomella plocasperma"