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December 2021

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genus

Capparis Tourn. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 503 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000006606.

Synonyms of Capparis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Apophyllum F.Muell. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 306 (1857) wfo-4000002738
Busbeckea Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. 64. 1833. wfo-4000005812
Dhofaria A.G.Mill. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 55 (1988) wfo-4000011262
Hombak Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 408 (1763) wfo-4000045129

Species in Capparis ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Capparis:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis amygdalina Griseb. Pl. Wright. (Grisebach) 1: 155. 1860 [Dec 1860] ; preprinted from Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 8(1): [153]-192. 1861 wfo-0000584482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis cynophallophora subsp. isthmensis (Eichler) Iltis wfo-0001290573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis cynophallophora subsp. linearifolia Kitan. God. Sofiisk. Univ. Biol. Fak., 2 Bot. Mikrobiol. Fiziol. Biokhim. Rast. 66: 30. 1974 1971/1972 wfo-0001367991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis sessilis var. genuina Dugand Caldasia 5: 56. 1948 wfo-0001398072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis speciosa var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 7. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] wfo-0001398073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis speciosa var. vera Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 253. 1913 wfo-0001398074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 68 1878 wfo-0000585183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis yco var. guianensis Sagot Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 6, 11: 143. 1881 wfo-0001398075