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Capparaceae

Synonyms: Capparidaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are Capparis (about 150 species), Maerua (about 100 species), Boscia (37 species) and Cadaba (30 species).
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Genus

Acanthocapparis (1)   (1)
Acome (1)
Anisocapparis (1)
Apophyllum (1)
Atamisquea (atamisquea) (1)
Bachmannia (1)
Beautempsia (1)
Belencita (1)
Boscia (boscia) (33)
Buchholzia (3)
Burtonella (1)
Cadaba (cadaba) (31)   (2)
Calanthea (2)   (1)
Caphexandra (1)
Capparicordis (2)
Capparidastrum (22)   (1)
Capparidispermum (3)
Capparidocarpus (1)
Capparidoxylon (1)
Capparis (179)   (5)
Capparites (2)
Cladostemon (1)
Clione (1)
Colicodendron (6)   (1)
Corynophora (1)
Crateva (crateva) (23)
Cynophalla (17)
Dhofaria (1)
Euadenia (3)
Hispaniolanthus (1)   (1)
Hypselandra (1)
Maerua (78)   (5)
Mesocapparis (1)
Monilicarpa (2)
Morisonia (morisonia) (8)
Neocalyptrocalyx (11)
Neocapparis (2)
Palaeocleome (2)
Poilanedora (1)
Preslianthus (3)
Quadrella (22)   (6)
Ritchiea (24)   (2)
Sarcotoxicum (1)
Steriphoma (9)   (1)
Thilachium (16)   (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0