Capparaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 242. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] , as 'Capparides' (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Cornejo, X. & Iltis, H. H. (2009). The reinstatement of Beautempsia (Capparaceae) and a key to the genera of Neotropical Capparaceae with variously stellate or peltate indumenta. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3: 683–689.
  • Cornejo, X. (2009). Neotropical Capparaceae. In: W. Milliken, B. Klitgård & A. Baracat (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics. www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/
  • Elffers, J., Graham, R. A. & DeWolf, G. P. (1964). Capparidaceae. In: C. E. Hubbard & E. Milne-Redhead (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London.
  • Jacobs, M. (1960). Capparaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 6: 61–105. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Zhang, M. & Tucker, G. C. (2008). Capparaceae. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 7: 433–450. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Neotropikey

  • Candolle, A.P. De. 1824. Capparideae. Pp. 237-254 in: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 1. Paris.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2006). New combinations in Capparaceae sensu stricto for Flora of Ecuador. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(1): 17--18.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2008)b. New combinations in South American Capparaceae. Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(1): 117-120.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2008)c. A revision of the American species of the genus Crateva. (Capparaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(1): 121-135.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2008)d. Anisocapparis y Monilicarpa: dos nuevos géneros de Capparaceae de América del Sur. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 61-74.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2008)e. The reinstatement of Capparidastrum. Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(2): 229-236.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2008)f. A revision of Colicodendron Mart. (Capparaceae s.s.). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 2(1): 75-93.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2009). Hispaniolanthus: A new genus of Capparaceae endemic to Hispaniola. Harvard Pap. Bot. 14(1): 9-14.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis. (2009). The reinstatement of Beautempsia (Capparaceae) and a key to the genera of Neotropical Capparaceae with variously stellate or peltate indumenta. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3(2): 683-689.
  • Cornejo, X. & H. H. Iltis.(2008)a. Two new genera of Capparaceae: Sarcotoxicum and Mesocapparis stat. nov., and the reinstatement of Neocalyptrocalyx. Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(1): 103-116.
  • EICHLER, A.W. 1865. Capparideae. Pages 237-292 in C.F.P. VON MARTIUS, ED., Flora brasiliensis 13(1). München.
  • HALL, J. C., K. J. SYTSMA, AND H. H. ILTIS. (2002). Phylogeny of Capparaceae and Brassicaceae based on chloroplast sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 89: (1826--(1842).
  • HALL, J. C., K. J. SYTSMA, AND H. H. ILTIS. (2008). Systematics of Capparaceae and Cleomaceae: an evaluation of the generic delimitations of Capparis and Cleome using plastid DNA sequence data. Botany 86: 682--696.
  • HUTCHINSON, J. (1975). Pages 303-317 in: The Genera of Flowering Plants (Angiospermae) Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford: 659 pp.
  • ILTIS, H. H. & X. CORNEJO. (2007)a. Studies in the Capparaceae XXX. Capparicordis, a new genus from the Neotropics. Brittonia 59: 246--254.
  • Iltis, H.H. & X. Cornejo. (2010). Studies in the Capparaceae XXIX: Synopsis of Quadrella, a Mesoamerican a West Indies genus. Jour. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4(1): 117-132.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Jacobs, M. (1960). Capparaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 6: 61–105.
  • Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rabarivola, M.L.; Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Rajaonarison, R.; Peckering, T.E.; Nanjarisoa, O.P. [RML 539] Madagascar K001036103 Yes
Bourobou Bourobou, H.P.; Nzabi, A.T.; Nziengui, B.; Mayombo Nzengue, J. [411] Gabon K001635361 Yes
Conrath, P. [2] South Africa K000230772 Type Yes
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6765] United States K000696711 No
Wight, R. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6764] United States K000696710 No
Ash, J. [1713] Ethiopia K:SPC-35912.000 No
Ash [1931] Ethiopia K:SPC-35546.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0