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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.

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Synonyms of Capparis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Calyptranthus Thouars Mélang. Bot. 4: 26 (1811) wfo-1000058956
Apophyllum F.Muell. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 306 (1857) wfo-4000002738
Busbeckea Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. : 64 (1833) wfo-4000005812
Destrugesia Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 57 (1842) wfo-4000011232
Dhofaria A.G.Mill. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 55 (1988) wfo-4000011262
Oligloron Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 109 (1838) wfo-4000026726
Olofuton Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 108 (1838) wfo-4000026776
Petersia Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 168 (1861) wfo-4000028933
Pseudocroton Müll.Arg. Flora 55: 24. 1872. (11 Jan 1872) wfo-4000031472
Sodada Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 81 (1775) wfo-4000035659
Hombak Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 408 (1763) wfo-4000045129
Marsesina Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 112 (1838) wfo-4100003530
Anisosticte Bartl. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 294 (1830) wfo-4100003532
Destruguezia Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1862) wfo-4100003533

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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 acutifolia subsp. thamphae Fici, Lanors. & Souvann. Kew Bull. 78(1): 8 2023 wfo-1200069232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis amplisiliqua Gruvez Encyc. Agric. 2: 656 1792 wfo-1000061225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis amygdalina Griseb. Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts , n.s., 8: 155 (1863) wfo-0000584482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis antioquiensis Cornejo & Iltis – — wfo-0001285901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis apubifolia B.S.Sun Fl. Yunnan. 2: 64 1979 — wfo-0001248018
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis averyanovii Fici, Lanors. & Souvann. Kew Bull. 78(1): 10 2023 wfo-1000057304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis bangii Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 5 (1895) wfo-0000584509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis brownei Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10(136): 3807. 1939 [5 Nov 1939] , pro syn. wfo-0001351041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis canescens G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 281 (1831) wfo-0000584563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis canescens var. canescens – – wfo-0001394239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis chrysomeia var. chrysomeia – – — wfo-0001315898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis conferta Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : n.° 8 (1768) wfo-0000584599
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 dahi Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 212 (1775) wfo-0000584642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis domingensis subsp. grisebachii (Eichler) R.Rankin Willdenowia 34: 263 (2004) wfo-0000584669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis doniana D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 3: 227 (1842) wfo-0000584670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis erythrocarpa var. acuminata (De Wild.) Hauman – — wfo-0001316038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis ferruginea subsp. cubensis R.Rankin Willdenowia 34: 263 (2004) wfo-0000584702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis fruticosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : n.° 7 (1768) wfo-0000584728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis furfuracea Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 129 (1894) wfo-0000584730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis glabrata Fici, Peou & Lao Brittonia 76(4): 390 (2024) wfo-1000078336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis glandulosa Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 405 (1829) wfo-0000584741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis grisebachii Eichler Fl. Bras. 13(1): 275 (1865) wfo-0000584754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis indochinensis Merr. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 424 (1924) wfo-0000584796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis irosinensis Elmer ex Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. ii. 212 (1923), in obs., pro syn. wfo-0001351042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lasiantha var. lasiantha – – wfo-0001394244
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis laurifolia Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Errat.: [s.p.] (1768) wfo-0000584842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis loddigesii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 277 (1840) wfo-0000584863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lucida f. lucida – – wfo-0001327214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis malabarica Gruvez Encyc. Agric. 2: 656 1792 wfo-1000061224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis molliuscula Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7006. 1832 wfo-0001351043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis neriifolia Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 14: 180 (1884) wfo-0000584937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nitida Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 129 (1894) wfo-0000584942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nobilis var. nobilis – – wfo-0001394248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nummularia var. nummularia – – wfo-0001394254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis ovata subsp. ovata – – — wfo-1200107773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis oxycarpa Fici, Aver. & Sy Plants [Basel] 11(23)-3402: 11 2023 wfo-1000047023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis oxysepala C.Wright ex Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 14: 172 (1884) wfo-0000584990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis pachaca subsp. oxysepala (C.Wright ex Radlk.) Iltis S. W. Naturalist 10: 61 (1965) wfo-0000584992
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis paludosa Mart. – — wfo-0001290371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis peltata G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 285 (1831) wfo-0000585008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis phatadke Fici, Lanors., Lamxay & Souvann. J. Pl. Taxon. & Geogr. (Webbia) 77(2): 272. 2022 [15 Dec 2022] [epublished] wfo-1000043311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis portoricense Urb. – — wfo-0001290372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis pseudocacao K.Schum. – — wfo-0001236017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis russeliana Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7001. 1832 wfo-0001351044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis salicifolia Vesque Epharmosis 1: t. 71 (1887) wfo-0000585094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis saxatilis Kunth ex DC. Prodr. 1: 250 (1824) wfo-0000585102
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis schimperi Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 278. 1840 wfo-0001351045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis schunkoides Iltis – — wfo-0001220378
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis sect. Sodada (Forssk.) Endl. Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 1: 893 (1839) wfo-1200110638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis sicula subsp. sicula – – — wfo-1200108434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa var. galeata (Fresen.) Mastakar & S.S.Dash Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 1: 111. 2020 wfo-1200007824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa var. leucophylla (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(1): 173. 1872 [May 1872] wfo-0001399092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa var. ovata (Desf.) Fici Phytotaxa 174(1): 18. 2014 [4 Jul 2014] [epublished] wfo-0000585181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa var. rupestris (Sm.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(1): 173. 1872 [May 1872] wfo-0000585182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis thyrsiflora K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 27(1): 480, sphalm. 1901 wfo-0001351046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbellata Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City) , ser. 2, 1(App.): 87 (1888) wfo-0000585252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbonata f. umbonata – – wfo-0001327222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbonata var. umbonata – – wfo-0001394261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis undulata Lodd. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. : 215 (1830) wfo-0000585257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis variabilis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7004 (non Capparid.). 1832 wfo-0001351047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis venenata Schinz Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 6 (1907) wfo-0000585266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis viscosa L. – — wfo-0001290585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis yco var. guianensis Sagot Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 6, 11: 143 (1881) wfo-0001398075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis yucatanensis Lundell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 389 (1942) wfo-0000585294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis zelayana Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 1: 183. 1909 wfo-0001352730