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Capparis L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 503 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

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
Apophyllum F.Muell. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 306 (1857) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000002738
Busbeckea Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. 64. 1833. — wfo-4000005812
Destrugesia Gaudich. Voyage Bonite Bot. 1846. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000011232
Dhofaria A.G.Mill. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 55 (1988) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000011262
Oligloron Raf. Sylva Tellur. 109. 1838. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026726
Olofuton Raf. Sylva Tellur. 108. 1838. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026776
Petersia Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique 168. 1861. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000028933
Pseudocroton Müll.Arg. Flora 55: 24. 1872. (11 Jan 1872) — wfo-4000031472
Sodada Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 81. 1775. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000035659
Hombak Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 408 (1763) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000045129

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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 acutifolia subsp. thamphae Fici, Lanors. & Souvann. Kew Bull. 78(1): 8 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200069232
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 Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis brownei Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10(136): 3807. 1939 [5 Nov 1939] , pro syn. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis canescens G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 281 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis canescens var. canescens – – Link to external nomenclature reference 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.º 8 (1768) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 cynophallophora subsp. linearifolia Kitan. God. Sofiisk. Univ. Biol. Fak., 2 Bot. Mikrobiol. Fiziol. Biokhim. Rast. 66: 30. 1974 1971/1972 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis dahi Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 212 (1775) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis danielii Murugan, R.Manik., S.P.Nithya, B.Karthik & Arisdason Phytotaxa 472(3): 284. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000021593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis diversifolia Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 130 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis domingensis subsp. grisebachii (Eichler) R.Rankin Willdenowia 34: 263 (2004) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis doniana D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 3: 227 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis duchesnei var. parvifolia Hauman – — wfo-0001316034
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis duchesnei var. sapinii Hauman – — wfo-0001316035
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis elaeagnoides var. longipedicellata Hauman – — wfo-0001316036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis elaeagnoides var. zizyphoides (Gilg) Hauman – — wfo-0001316037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis erythrocarpos var. acuminata Hauman Fl. Congo Belge 2: 469. 1951 (1951) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis ferruginea subsp. cubensis R.Rankin Willdenowia 34: 263 (2004) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis florida Fici & Souvann. Phytotaxa 429(1): 73. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000021594
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis fruticosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 7 (1768) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis furfuracea Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 129 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis glandulosa Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 405 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis grisebachii Eichler Fl. Bras. 13(1): 275 (1865) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis hinnamnoensis Souvann. & Fici Webbia 73(2): 175. 2018 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000003465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis indochinensis Merr. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 424 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis irenae Fici Adansonia 43(7): 62. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000025944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis irosinensis Elmer ex Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. ii. 212 (1923), in obs., pro syn. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis kbangensis Sy & D.V.Hai PhytoKeys 151: 84, figs. 1-4. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000021595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis kenaboiensis Julius PhytoKeys 189: 104, figs. 1-3. 2022 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000029584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lasiantha var. lasiantha – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394244
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lasiantha var. normalis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis laurifolia Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 , Errat.: s.p. (1768) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lianosa Fici & Souvann. Adansonia 42(5): 114. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000021596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis loddigesii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 277 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis loranthifolia var. loranthifolia – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lucida f. lucida – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis lucida f. normalis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis macrantha Souvann., Fici & Lanors. Eur. J. Taxon. 656: 3. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000021597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis molliuscula Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7006. 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nitida Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 129 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nobilis var. nobilis – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nobilis var. typica Domin Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 23 1926 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nummularia var. nummularia – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis nummularia var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis ovalifolia Zipp. ex Miq. Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. : 33 (1870) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis oxycarpa Fici, Aver. & Sy Plants [Basel] 11(23)-3402: 11 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000047023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis oxysepala Wright ex Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 14: 172 (1884) Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference 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] Link to external nomenclature reference 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 radiatiflora Ruiz & Pav. Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 387, tab. 433. 1958 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis rupestris Sm. Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 355 (1809) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis russeliana Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7001. 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis salicifolia Hort.Par. ex Vesque Epharm. i. (1889) t. 71. n. 79. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis saxatilis Kunth ex DC. Prodr. 1: 250 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585102
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis schimperi Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 278. 1840 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis schunkoides Iltis – — wfo-0001220378
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis scortechinii var. ruthiae Julius PhytoKeys 189: 109, figs. 4-5. 2022 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200008597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis sessilis var. genuina Dugand Caldasia 5: 56. 1948 Link to external nomenclature reference 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] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001398073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis speciosa var. vera Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 253. 1913 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001398074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa subsp. orientalis (Duh.) Jafri Fl. Libya 12: 3 (1977) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa subsp. parviflora (Boiss.) Ahmadi, H.Saeidi & Mirtadz. Phytotaxa 456(1): 16. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200007823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 68. 1878 (1878) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa – – — wfo-1200030248
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 Link to external nomenclature reference 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] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis thyrsiflora K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 27(1): 480, sphalm. 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis trinervia var. chungiana Julius PhytoKeys 189: 112, figs. 6-8. 2022 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200008598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis tylophylla Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 204 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbellata Sessé & Moc. Pl. Nov. Hisp. : 87 (1888) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbonata f. exumbonata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbonata f. umbonata – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis umbonata var. umbonata – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis undulata Lodd. ex Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 215. 1830 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis variabilis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7004 (non Capparid.). 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis venenata Schinz Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 6 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001398075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis yucatanensis Lundell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 389 (1942) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000585294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Capparis zelayana Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 1: 183. 1909 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001352730