Capparaceae
Capparis

Capparis rotundifolia Rottler

First published in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 185 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Indo-China. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1961 Wight [89] India K000247324 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 Stocks [s.n] India K000247327 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 India K000247331 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 Stocks [s.n] India K000247328 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 [Gebume] [s.n] India K000247329 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 Wight [89] India K000247325 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 Stocks [s.n] India K000247330 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 Law [s.n] India K000247326 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1961 India K000247322 Type Yes
May 1, 1961 India K000247323 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images