- Family: Capparaceae Juss.
Capparis Tourn. ex L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Mongolia.
Descriptions
According to Flora Zambesiaca
[FZ]Capparidaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Habit
- Shrubs or small trees; branches often sarmentose, sometimes climbing.
- Stipules
- Stipules often transformed into spines.
- Leaves
- Leaves simple and entire.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of terminal or axillary racemes sometimes condensed into corymbs or umbels, or occasionally of single flowers.
- Calyx
- Sepals 4, free or very nearly so, the two outer often overlapping the two inner, equal, or the two inner exceeding the outer.
- Corolla
- Petals usually 4, exceeding, equalling or much smaller than the calyx-segments.
- Stamens
- Stamens 6–?, free, inserted on a very short androgynophore.
- Pistil
- Ovary with a gynophore, with 1-several loculi and with 2-several placentas; stigma sessile or subsessile.
- Fruits
- Fruit globose, ovoid or elongated, usually indehiscent.
- Seeds
- Seeds 1–?, embedded in a fleshy pulp, embryo convolute.
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Capparidaceae, J. Elffers, R. A. Graham And G. P. Dewolf. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1964
- Habit
- Shrubs with flexuous or clambering branches
- Leaves
- Leaves simple, usually with a pair of generally recurved stipular thorns
- Flowers
- Flowers solitary in the leaf-axils or in terminal or lateral variously developed often corymbose racemes
- Calyx
- Sepals 4, free or nearly so, often unequal, imbricate
- Corolla
- Petals 4, always present
- Stamens
- Androphore absent; stamens 5–40 or more
- Ovary
- Ovary globose or cylindrical, 1–several-locular; placentas 2–several
- Fruits
- Fruit a berry, globose, irregular or ellipsoid with longitudinal grooves.
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Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Canary Is., Trinidad-Tobago
Accepted Species
- Capparis acutifolia Sweet
- Capparis annamensis (Baker f.) M.Jacobs
- Capparis arborea (F.Muell.) Maiden
- Capparis artensis Montrouz.
- Capparis assamica Hook.f. & Thomson
- Capparis batianoffii Guymer
- Capparis beneolens Gagnep.
- Capparis brachybotrya Hallier f.
- Capparis brassii DC.
- Capparis brevislliqua Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Capparis brevispina DC.
- Capparis burmanica Collett & Hemsl.
- Capparis buwaldae M.Jacobs
- Capparis callophylla Blume
- Capparis canescens Banks ex DC.
- Capparis cantoniensis Lour.
- Capparis cartilaginea Decne.
- Capparis cataphyllosa M.Jacobs
- Capparis chingiana B.S.Sun
- Capparis chrysomeia Bojer
- Capparis cinerea M.Jacobs
- Capparis cleghornii Dunn
- Capparis corymbosa Lam.
- Capparis cucurbitina King
- Capparis cuneiformis Sessé & Moc.
- Capparis daknongensis Sy, G.C.Tucker, Cornejo & Joongku Lee
- Capparis dasyphylla Merr. & F.P.Metcalf
- Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew.
- Capparis diffusa Ridl.
- Capparis dioica Gilg
- Capparis divaricata Lam.
- Capparis diversifolia Wight & Arn.
- Capparis dongvanensis Sy, B.H.Quang & D.V.Hai
- Capparis echinocarpa Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Capparis elaeagnifolia Jacq.
- Capparis erycibe Hallier f.
- Capparis erythrocarpos Isert
- Capparis fascicularis DC.
- Capparis fengii B.S.Sun
- Capparis flavicans Kurz
- Capparis floribunda Wight
- Capparis fusifera Dunn
- Capparis grandidieri Baill.
- Capparis grandiflora Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Capparis grandis L.f.
- Capparis hereroensis Schinz
- Capparis heteracantha DC.
- Capparis humistrata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Capparis hypovellerea Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Capparis jacobsii Hewson
- Capparis kebarensis Fici
- Capparis khuamak Gagnep.
- Capparis klossii Ridl.
- Capparis koioides M.Jacobs
- Capparis kollimalayana M.B.Viswan.
- Capparis lanceolaris DC.
- Capparis laotica Gagnep.
- Capparis lasiantha R.Br. ex DC.
- Capparis lobbiana Turcz.
- Capparis longgangensis S.L.Mo & X.S.Lee ex Y.S.Huang
- Capparis longistipitata Heine
- Capparis loranthifolia Lindl.
- Capparis lucida (Banks ex DC.) Benth.
- Capparis mekongensis Gagnep.
- Capparis micracantha DC.
- Capparis micrantha A.Rich.
- Capparis mitchellii (Lindl. ex F.Muell.) Lindl.
- Capparis monantha M.Jacobs
- Capparis moonii Wight
- Capparis multiflora Hook.f. & Thomson
- Capparis nana Craib
- Capparis nilgiriensis Subba Rao, Kumari & V.Chandras.
- Capparis nobilis (Endl.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Capparis nummularia DC.
- Capparis olacifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
- Capparis ornans F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Capparis pachyphylla M.Jacobs
- Capparis poggei Pax
- Capparis pranensis (Pierre ex Gagnep.) M.Jacobs
- Capparis pseudocerasifera Hauman
- Capparis pubiflora DC.
- Capparis pubifolia B.S.Sun
- Capparis pyrifolia Lam.
- Capparis quiniflora DC.
- Capparis radula Gagnep.
- Capparis ramonensis Danin
- Capparis rheedei DC.
- Capparis richardii Baill.
- Capparis rigida M.Jacobs
- Capparis rotundifolia Rottler
- Capparis roxburghii DC.
- Capparis rufidula M.Jacobs
- Capparis sarmentosa A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Capparis scortechinii King
- Capparis sepiaria L.
- Capparis shanesiana F.Muell.
- Capparis shevaroyensis Sundararagh.
- Capparis siamensis Kurz
- Capparis sikkimensis Kurz
- Capparis spinosa L.
- Capparis srilankensis Sundararagh.
- Capparis subsessilis B.S.Sun
- Capparis sunbisiniana M.L.Zhang & G.C.Tucker
- Capparis tagbanuorum Fici
- Capparis tchaourembensis Fici
- Capparis tenera Dalzell
- Capparis thorelii Gagnep.
- Capparis thozetiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Capparis tomentosa Lam.
- Capparis tonkinensis Gagnep.
- Capparis trichocarpa B.S.Sun
- Capparis trichopoda B.S.Sun
- Capparis trinervia Hook.f. & Thomson
- Capparis trisonthiae Srisanga & Chayam.
- Capparis umbonata Lindl.
- Capparis urens Barb.Rodr.
- Capparis urophylla F.Chun
- Capparis velutina P.I.Forst.
- Capparis versicolor Griff.
- Capparis verticillaris Turcz.
- Capparis viburnifolia Gagnep.
- Capparis viminea Oliv.
- Capparis wui B.S.Sun
- Capparis zeylanica L.
- Capparis zippeliana Miq.
Synonyms
Other Data
Capparis Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (7 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greenway, P.J. [6205], Zimbabwe | 9008.000 | |||
Rico, L. [1973], Dominican Republic | K000478746 | |||
Coode, M.J.E. [5302], Philippines | 51100.000 | |||
McCloune, J. [174] | K000230720 | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132282 | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132283 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar | K001132715 |
Bibliography
First published in Sp. Pl.: 503 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Gilg & Benedict in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 53: 184 (1915).
- —F.T.A. 1: 94
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 222 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 503 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P.Pf., ed. 2, 17B: 172 (1936)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 222 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 503 (1753)
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