291.0000
						Family
						Capparaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 242 (1789), nom. cons.
						
33 genera, ca. 430 spp.
						Species listed in database: 440
						
						
					 
					
						291.0119
						Genus
						Capparis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 503 (1753)
						
Distribution: trop., subtropical and warm-temp. regions of the Old World; 2 Crimea, Caucasus and Middle Asia. For the spinosa-group the latest revision of Fici (2014) is followed.
						Species listed in database: 138
						
							
								
								= Anisosticte    Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 294 (1830)
= Apophyllum    F.Muell.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 306 (1857)
= Beautempsia    Gaudich.; Voy. Bonite, Bot., t. 56 (1844-46)
= Busbeckea    Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 64 (1833)
= Calyptranthus    Thouars; Mélang. Bot. 4: 26 (1811)
= Destrugesia    Gaudich.; Voy. Bonite, Bot. t. 57 (1844 publ. 1846)
= Dugezia    Montrouz.; Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., Sér. 2, 10: 187 (1860)
= Hombak    Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 408 (1763)
= Intutis    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 108 (1838)
= Lindackera    Sieber ex Endl.; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 893 (1841)
= Marsesina    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 112 (1838)
= Octanema    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 112 (1838)
= Oligloron    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 109 (1838)
= Olofuton    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 108 (1838)
= Petersia    Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 168. I. 30 (1861)
= Pleuteron    Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 109 (1838)
= Sodada    Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 81 (1775)
= Uterveria    Bertol.; Horti Bonon. Pl. Nov. 2: 8 (1839)
= Voyara    Aubl.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 35: 23 (1918)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
					
					
					
					
						
						
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											Capparis acutifolia
										
										
									 Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 585 (1830)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. acutifolia
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Vietnam; Laos
			36 CHI 38 TAI 41 LAO VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis acuminata   Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1320 (1830)
= Capparis chinensis   G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 278 (1831), nom. superfl.
= Capparis kikuchii   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 21 (1913)
= Capparis leptophylla   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 22 (1913)
= Capparis membranacea   Gardner & Champ.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 241 (1849)
= Capparis membranacea var. angustissima Hemsl.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 145 (1895)
= Capparis membranacea var. puberula B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 112 (1964)
= Capparis tenuifolia   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 23 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. sabiifolia
									 (Hook.f. &  Thomson) Jacobs; Blumea 12: 432 - 433, ff. 22 d - f. (1965)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, S-Yunnan); S-Tibet; Taiwan; NE-India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram); Myanmar  (Chin, Kachin, Shan); N-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
			36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis sabiifolia   Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
= Capparis vientianensis   Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 161 (1939), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 599 (1939), latine. (1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. viminea
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 429 (1965)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, S-Yunnan); S-Tibet; Bhutan; NE-India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim); Myanmar  (Kayin, Shan, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis membranifolia   Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 70 (1874)
= Capparis viminea   Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872), non Oliv. 1868
= Capparis viminea var. ferruginea B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 112 (1964)
= Ficus marchandii   H.Lév.; (1913) (Moraceae)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. thamphae
									 Fici, Lanors. &  Souvann.; Kew Bull. 78(1): 8 (2023)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis annamensis
										
										
									 (Baker f.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 433 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis grandiflora var. annamensis Baker f.; Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 4: 127 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis arborea
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) Maiden; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 28: 696 (1904)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (coastal from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, to C-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea arborea   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 163 (1858)
= Capparis nobilis var. arborea (F.Muell.) Domin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 201 (1912)
= Capparis nobilis var. laurina Domin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 201 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis artensis
										
										
									 Montrouz.; Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., Sér. 2, 10: 177 (1860)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Caledonia  (incl. Île Art, Lifou); Vanuatu
			60 NWC VAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Dugezia artensis   (Montrouz.) Montrouz.; Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., Sér. 2, 10: 187 (1860)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. dielsiana
									 (Schltr.) Fici; New Zealand J. Bot. 55(4): 417 (2017)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: New Caledonia
			60 NWC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis artensis var. angusta (Schltr.) Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 578 (1936)
= Capparis dielsiana   Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 112 (1906)
= Capparis dielsiana var. angusta Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 112 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis assamica
										
										
									 Hook.f. &  Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 177 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan); S-Tibet; ?E-Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
			36 CHI TIB 40 BAN BHU IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis gallatlyi   King; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 5: 118 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis averyanovii
										
										
									 Fici, Lanors. &  Souvann.; Kew Bull. 78(1): 10 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis bachii
										
										
									 Sy, R.K.Choudhary & Joongku Lee; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 55(1-3): 31 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis batianoffii
										
										
									 Guymer; Austrobaileya 7(4): 723 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis beneolens
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 162 (1939), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 597 (1939), latine. (1938)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: C-Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis bodinieri
										
										
									 H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 450 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, E-Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, Yunnan); Bhutan; N-India  (Sikkim); Bangladesh; Myanmar
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis acutifolia subsp. bodinieri (H.Lév.) Jacobs; Blumea 12: 431 - 432, ff. 22 a-c (1965)
= Capparis subtenera   Craib & W.W.Sm.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 90 (1916)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis brachybotrya
										
										
									 Hallier f.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 59 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Moluccas  (Kei Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			42 MOL NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
					
						
						
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											Capparis brassii
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ghana; Togo; Benin; S-Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			22 BEN GHA SIE TOG 26 MOZ 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis gueinzii   Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 1: 62 (1860)
= Capparis holliensis   A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 137 (1912)
= Capparis linearifolia   Hook.f.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 217 (1849)
= Capparis thonningii   Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 236 (1827)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis brevispina
										
										
									 Wight & Arn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis wallichiana   Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 25 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis burmanica
										
										
									 Collett & Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 19 t. 2 (1891)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Kachin, Magway, Mon, Rakhine, Sagaing)
			40 BAN 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis buwaldae
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermatoph. 6: 85 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Borneo
			42 BOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis callophylla
										
										
									 Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 53 (1825)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan; Borneo; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines  (Luzon, Mindoro, Bohol, Mindanao); Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea)
			38 TAI 42 BOR JAW NWG PHI PLW SUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis cumingii   Merr. & Rolfe; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 101 (1908)
= Capparis mucronata   Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1757 (1913)
= Capparis robusta   Heine; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 6: 211 (1953)
= Capparis turczaninowii   Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1755 (1913)
= Capparis tylophylla   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2) (Cur. Post.): 204 (1827)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis canescens
										
										
									 Banks ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (E-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Busbeckea canescens   (Banks ex DC.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 104 (1865)
= Capparis areolata   F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 26: 126 (1911)
= Capparis armata   Domin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 200 (1912)
= Capparis canescens var. glauca Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 96 (1863)
= Capparis muelleri   Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 134 (1925)
= Capparis ovata var. canescens (Coss.) Heywood; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 69: 56 (1964)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cantoniensis
										
										
									 Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 330 (1790)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Bhutan; India  (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Andaman Isl.; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; C-Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines  (Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Lombok); Moluccas  (Sula Isl., Mangoli, Buru)
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis ambigua   Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 1: 65 (1877)
= Capparis celebica   Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 26 (1871)
= Capparis gomeziana   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 277 (1841)
= Capparis hasseltiana   Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 24 (1870)
= Capparis pumila   Champ. ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 260 (1851)
= Capparis pumila var. arfeuilleana Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 1: 189 (1908)
= Capparis punctata   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7002 (1832), nomen
= Capparis salaccensis   Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 54 (1825)
= Capparis sciaphila   Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 206 (1866)
= Olofuton racemosum   Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 108 (1838)
= Vanieria bodinieri   (H.Lév.) Chun; (1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cartilaginea
										
										
									 Decne.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 3: 273 (1835)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Libya; Egypt; Chad; Sudan; ?South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Madagascar; Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Astove Isl.); Iran; Afghanistan; Jordania; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Oman; Yemen; Pakistan; Bangladesh; ?India
			20 EGY LBY 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN 29 ALD MDG 34 AFG IRN JOR 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM 40 BAN PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis antanossarum   Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 462 (1885)
= Capparis exstipulata   J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 807 (1791)
= Capparis galeata var. lanceolata Blatt.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 25: 724 (1918)
= Capparis galeata var. montana Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 100 (1894)
= Capparis inermis   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 100 (1775)
= Capparis pyracantha   Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Île Maurice 13: 47 (1842), et Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 20: 59 (1843)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. cartilaginea (Decne.) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 12: 120 (1965)
= Capparis spinosa var. pyracantha (Bojer) H.Perrier; Fl. Madagasc. 107: 16 (1965)
= Capparis spinosa var. pyracantha (Bojer) Hadj-Moust.; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 83: 16 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cataphyllosa
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 443 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar
			41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis chingiana
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 115 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis chrysomela
										
										
									 Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Île Maurice 13: 48 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis chrysomela f. meridionalis Hadj-Moust.; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 83: 19 (1965)
= Capparis chrysomela f. occidentalis Hadj-Moust.; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 83: 19 (1965)
= Capparis solanoides   Bojer; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 20: 59 (1843)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cinerea
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 444 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +India  (+Manipur)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cleghornii
										
										
									 Dunn; Fl. Madras 146 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Karnataka, Kerala)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis roxburghii   Cooke; Fl. Bombay 1: 46 (1901), non DC.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis corymbosa
										
										
									 Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 605 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Ghana; Niger; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan
			22 GHA MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF 24 CHA SSU SUD
			
				Remarks: status uncertain, often included in C. tomentosa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis cucurbitina
										
										
									 King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 395 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Malaysia  (Perak)
			42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis daknongensis
										
										
									 Sy, G.C.Tucker, Cornejo & Joongku Lee; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 50(1-2): 99 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis danielii
										
										
									 Murugan, R.Manik., S.P.Nithya, B.Karthik & Arisdason; Phytotaxa 472(3): 284 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis dasyphylla
										
										
									 Merr. &  F.P.Metcalf; Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 192 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis decidua
										
										
									 (Forssk.) Edgew.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 184 (1862)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Libya; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Niger; Nigeria; Chad  (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Soqotra; Iran  (S-Iran); Israel  (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Midyan, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Bahrain; Oman  (Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, N. W. Frontier Prov., Mirpur); India  (widespread)
			20 ALG EGY LBY MOR WSA 22 MTN NGA NGR SEN 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SSU SUD 34 IRN ISR SIN 35 BAR OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Capparis aphylla   Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 238 (1821)
= Capparis sodada   R.Br.; Narr. Travels Africa [Denham & Clapperton] 225 (1826), nom. illeg.
= Maerua linearis   (DC.) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6: 234 (1891), nom. superfl.
= Niebuhria linearis   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 244 (1824), nom. superfl.
= Sodada decidua   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 81 (1775)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis diffusa
										
										
									 Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 68 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Perlis, Langkawi Isl., Perak, Pahang); N-Sumatra
			41 THA VIE 42 MLY SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cochinchinensis   Jacq.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis dioica
										
										
									 Gilg; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 108 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Benin
			22 BEN
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis divaricata
										
										
									 Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 606 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Laos
			40 IND SRL 41 LAO MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis horrida   Banks ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 25 (1834)
= Capparis stylosa   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis diversifolia
										
										
									 Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 27 (1834)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis caerulea   B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6986 (1832), nomen
= Capparis canescens   G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 281 (1831)
= Capparis reticulata   Klein ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6986 (1832), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis dongvanensis
										
										
									 Sy, B.H.Quang & D.V.Hai; Nordic J. Bot. 35(3): 272 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis echinocarpa
										
										
									 Pierre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 4: 212 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand; Laos
			41 LAO THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis nana   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 233 (1922)
= Capparis salicifolia   Vesque; Epharmosis 1: t. 71 (1887), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis erycibe
										
										
									 Hallier f.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 217 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan, Pahang); S-Sumatra; Borneo; Java
			41 THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis paniculata   Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 129 (1920)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis erythrocarpos
										
										
									 Isert; Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 9: 334, t. 9 (1789)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; NE-Zambia
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CON SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis acuminata   De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 1[1]: 37 (1903) non Wall.
= Capparis afzelii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824) (non Pax 1891)
= Capparis bequaertii   De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 210 (1922)
= Capparis erythrocarpos var. acuminata Hauman; Fl. Congo Belge 2: 469 (1951)
= Capparis sulphurea   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 201 (1915)
= Capparis warneckei   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 216 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. rosea
									 (Klotzsch) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 17: 163 (1963)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; SW-Ethiopia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			22 GUI 24 ETH 26 MOZ ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis acutissima   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 202 (1915)
= Capparis carvalhoana   Gilg; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 185 (1895)
= Capparis rosea   (Klotzsch) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 99 (1868)
= Petersia rosea   Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 1): 168 (1861)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis fascicularis
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 BKN GAM MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis calvescens   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 195 (1915)
= Capparis flanaganii   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 197 (1915)
= Capparis jodotricha   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 196 (1915)
= Capparis macrosperma   Delile; Sec. Voy. Choa [Rochet] 344 (1846), nomen
= Capparis marlothii   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 198 (1915)
= Capparis oliveriana   Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 216 (1903)
= Capparis rothii   Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 97 (1868)
= Capparis rudatisii   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 198 (1915)
= Capparis schlechteri   Schinz; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 555 (1912)
= Capparis solanoides   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 197 (1915), nom. illeg.
= Capparis somalensis   Gilg; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 6: 90 (1895)
= Capparis transvaalensis   Schinz; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 556 (1912), in adnot.
= Capparis transvaalensis var. calvescens (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Marais; Bothalia 8: 165 (1964)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. elaeagnoides
									 (Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo; South Sudan; Kenya; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana; etc.
			24 SSU 25 KEN 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis bangweolensis   R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 1: 56 (1914)
= Capparis brachyandra   Pax; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 185 (1895)
= Capparis elaeagnoides   Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 215 (1903)
= Capparis elaeagnoides var. longipedicellata Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 195 (1950)
= Capparis elaeagnoides var. zizyphoides (Gilg) Hauman; Fl. Congo Belge 2: 466 (1951)
= Capparis oligantha   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 195 (1915)
= Capparis zizyphoides   Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 216 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. scheffleri
									 (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis scheffleri   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 194 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. zeyheri
									 (Turcz.) Toelken; Bothalia 10: 65 (1969)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis zeyheri   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 324 (1854 publ. 1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis fengii
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 113 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SE-Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis flavicans
										
										
									 Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39: 62 (1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh); Myanmar  (Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			40 IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cambodiana   Pierre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 210 (1908)
= Capparis flavicans   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7003 (1832) ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis floribunda
										
										
									 Wight; Ill. Ind. Bot. (Madras) 1: 35, t. 14 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Ayeyarwady); Thailand; Vietnam; Philippines  (Babuyan, Luzon); Java  (Kangean Arch.); Moluccas  (Halmaheira, Tidore, Sula Isl., Seram, Kei Isl.)
			38 TAI 40 BAN IND SRL 41 AND MYA NCB THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MOL PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis andamanica   King; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 5: 119 (1895)
= Capparis floribunda f. induta M.Jacobs; Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermatoph. 6: 78 (1960)
= Capparis luzonensis   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 324 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis luzonensis var. ampla Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 212 (1923)
= Capparis malabarica   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7000 (1832)
= Capparis oligandra   Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 577 (1854)
= Capparis oligostema   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 22 (1913)
= Crateva octandra   Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 400 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis florida
										
										
									 Fici & Souvann.; Phytotaxa 429(1): 73 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis fohaiensis
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 114 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis formosana
										
										
									 Hemsl.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 145 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (S-Guangdong, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; N-Vietnam
			36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis kanehirae   Hayata ex Kaneh.; Formos. Trees, rev. ed. 235 (1936)
= Capparis sikkimensis subsp. formosana (Hemsl.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 497 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis fusifera
										
										
									 Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 377 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Tamil Nadu, Kerala)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis tomentella   Dunn; Fl. Madras 1: 46 (1915)
= Capparis parviflora   Bedd.; Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. [Beddome] 1: 65 (1874), non Hook.f. & Thomson
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis gialaiensis
										
										
									 Sy; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 52(3-4): 219 (2015)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis glabrata
										
										
									 Fici, Peou & Lao; Brittonia 76(4): 390 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cambodia
			41 CBD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis grandidieri
										
										
									 Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 463 (1885)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis grandiflora
										
										
									 Hook.f. &  Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 174 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis pyrifolia   Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 25 (1834) (non Lam. 1785)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis grandis
										
										
									 L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 263 (1781)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Myanmar  (Magway, Mandalay); Thailand; Vietnam
			40 IND SRL 41 MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis auricans   (Kurz) Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 169 (1922)
= Capparis bisperma   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. (93) (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 568 (1832)
= Capparis disperma   Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1: 199 (1842), orth. var.
= Capparis grandis var. auricans Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 70 (1874)
= Capparis maxima   B.Heyne ex Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 237 (1821)
= Capparis mekongensis var. crispata Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 170 (1922)
= Capparis obovata   Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
= Capparis racemifera   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis henryi
										
										
									 Matsum.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33 (1899)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan; Vietnam
			38 TAI 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis micracantha var. henryi (Matsum.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 470 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis hereroensis
										
										
									 Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 396 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; South Africa  (N-Cape Prov.)
			27 NAM SAF
			
				Remarks: Section Capparis s. str.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis heteracantha
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iraq
			34 IRQ
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis hinnamnoensis
										
										
									 Souvann. &  Fici; Webbia 73(2): 175 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis humistrata
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 156 (1865)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (SE-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea humistrata   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 156 (1865)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis hypovellerea
										
										
									 Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 191 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon
			23 CMN
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis irenae
										
										
									 Fici; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 43(7): 62 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sumatra
			42 SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis jacobsii
										
										
									 Hewson; Fl. Australia 8: 388, 220 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, N-Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis kbangensis
										
										
									 Sy & D.V.Hai; PhytoKeys 151: 84, figs. 1-4 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis kebarensis
										
										
									 Fici; Kew Bull. 67(4): 739 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis kenaboiensis
										
										
									 Julius; PhytoKeys 189: 104, figs. 1-3 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
			42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis khuamak
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 167 (1939), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 598 (1939), latine. (1938)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SE-Yunnan); Laos; C-Vietnam
			36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis trichopoda   B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 116 (1964)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis klossii
										
										
									 Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 81 (1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Thailand  (Ranong)
			41 THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis kollimalayana
										
										
									 M.B.Viswan.; Kew Bull. 55(1): 245 (2000)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
				Remarks: status unconfirmed
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lanceolaris
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan); Taiwan; Sulawesi; Philippines  (throughout); Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor, Damar); Moluccas  (Jamdena Isl., Seram, Nusa Laut); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Schouten Isl.); Bismarck Arch.  (New Ireland); Australia  (NE-Queensland)
			36 CHI 38 TAI 42 JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI SUL 43 BIS 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis brownei   Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10: 3807 (1939), pro syn.
= Capparis copelandii   Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 49: 680 (1910)
= Capparis elliptica   Span.; Linnaea 15: 166 (1841)
= Capparis irosinensis   Elmer ex Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 212 (1923), pro syn.
= Capparis oblongata   Merr.; Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 35: 15 (1905 publ. 1906)
= Capparis platyacantha   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 323 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis salaccensis var. celebica Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 23 (1870)
= Capparis subspinosa   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. (93) (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 568 (1832)
= Capparis torricellensis   Lauterb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 112 (1914)
= Capparis uberiflora   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 9: 172 (1875)
= Capparis viridis   Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 3076 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lanceolatifolia
										
										
									 Fici, Bouaman. &  Souvann.; Webbia 73(1): 5 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis laotica
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 4: 212 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lasiantha
										
										
									 R.Br. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NW-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis conferta   Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 8 (1768), nom. inval.
= Capparis lasiantha var. citricarpa Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 131 (1926)
= Capparis lasiantha var. rhombifolia Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 131 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lianosa
										
										
									 Fici & Souvann.; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 42(5): 114 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lobbiana
										
										
									 Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 323 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Palawan; Philippines  (Luzon)
			42 PHI PLW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis ilocana   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 13 (1918)
= Capparis littoralis   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 270 (1912)
= Capparis loheri   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 270 (1912)
= Capparis palawanensis   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 304 (1915)
= Capparis sepiaria var. acuta S.Vidal; Revis. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 47 (1886)
= Capparis undulata   Lodd. ex G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 215 (1830)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis longestipitata
										
										
									 Heine; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 6: 210 (1953)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Vietnam; Borneo
			41 VIE 42 BOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis longgangensis
										
										
									 S.L.Mo & X.S.Lee ex Y.S.Huang; Nordic J. Bot. 31(6): 724 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis loranthifolia
										
										
									 Lindl.; J. Exped. Trop. Australia [Mitchell] 220 (1848)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (arid Northern Territory, C- to S-Queensland, C-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea lorantifolia   (Lindl.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 164 (1858)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. bancroftii
									 C.T.White ex M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 519 (1965)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (C-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis lucida
										
										
									 (Banks ex DC.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 96 (1863)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Komodo, Pada Isl., Timor); New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea); Australia  (E-Queensland, Booby Isl., E-New South Wales)
			42 JAW LSI NWG SUL 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea corymbiflora   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 7: 163 (1871)
= Capparis lucida f. pubescens Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 688 (1925)
= Capparis subacuta   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 101 (1855)
= Thilachium lucidum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 254 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis macrantha
										
										
									 Souvann., Fici & Lanors.; Eur. J. Taxon. 656: 3 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: C-Laos
			 Error
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis masakai
										
										
									 H.Lév.; Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 59 (1914 publ. 1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, SE-Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis sikkimensis subsp. masaikai (H.Lév.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 496 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis mekongensis
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 213 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos; ?Thailand
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis micracantha
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. micracantha
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, SW-Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Yunnan); Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar  (Mon, Rakhine, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; S-Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines  (Luzon to Mindanao); Java  (incl. Madura Isl., Kembangan Isl., Kangean Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Alor, Timor, Wetar); Moluccas  (Halmaheira)
			36 CHI 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis bariensis   Pierre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 209 (1908)
= Capparis billardierii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis callosa   Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 53 (1825)
= Capparis conspicua   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6991 (1832), nomen
= Capparis donnaiensis   Pierre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 4: 211 (1908)
= Capparis flexuosa   Blume ex Hassk.; Pl. Jav. Rar. [Bennett] 179 (1844)
= Capparis forsteniana   Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 32 (1871)
= Capparis hainanensis   Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon Pl., Ser. 3, 16: t. 1588 (1887)
= Capparis liangii   Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 2: 29 (1934)
= Capparis myrioneura Hallier f. [Repert.Spec.Nov.Regni Veg.2: 60 (1906)]
= Capparis odorata   Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 439 (1837)
= Capparis petelotii   Merr.; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 166 (1942)
= Capparis roydsiaefolia   Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39: 62 (1870)
= Capparis venosa   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 305 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. microcarpa
									 Fici; Webbia 71(2): 170 (2016)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. korthalsiana
									 (Miq.) M.Jacobs; Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermatoph. 6(1): 86 (1960)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Perak, Pahang, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo
			41 VIE 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
			
			
				Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis finlaysoniana   Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
= Capparis korthalsiana   Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 31 (1870)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis micrantha
										
										
									 A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 31 (1847)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia
			24 ETH SSU SUD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis mitchellii
										
										
									 Lindl.; Three Exped. Australia [Mitchell] 1: 315 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (widespread: Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea mitchellii   (Lindl.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 164 (1858)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis monantha
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 471 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Thailand
			41 THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis moonii
										
										
									 Wight; Ill. Ind. Bot. (Madras) 1: 35 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis moonii var. tomentosa Blatt. & Hallb.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 31: 905 (1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis multiflora
										
										
									 Hook.f. &  Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 178 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan); S-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar  (Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing)
			36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis nilgiriensis
										
										
									 Subba Rao, Kumari & V.Chandras.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78(1): 146 (1981)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis nobilis
										
										
									 (Endl.) F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 95 (1863)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Norfolk Isl.  (incl. Philip Isl.)
			50 NFK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea nobilis   Endl.; Prom. Golfe Gascogne 64 (1833)
= Capparis nobilis var. citrina A.Cunn. ex Domin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 201 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis olacifolia
										
										
									 Hook.f. &  Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 178 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing)
			36 TIB 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis ornans
										
										
									 F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 95 (1863)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (coastal E-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea ornans   (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 104 (1865)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis oxycarpa
										
										
									 Fici, Aver. &  Sy; Plants (Basel) 11(23)-3402: 11 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pachyphylla
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 476 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Tibet; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur)
			36 TIB 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis parvifolia
										
										
									 Fici; Phytotaxa 314(2): 285 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NW-New Caledonia  (Mt. Kaala)
			60 NWC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis phatadke
										
										
									 Fici, Lanors., Lamxay & Souvann.; J. Pl. Taxon. & Geogr. (Webbia) 77(2): 272 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos
			41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis poggei
										
										
									 Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 298 (1891)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pranensis
										
										
									 (Pierre ex Gagnep.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 477 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis thorelii var. pranensis PIerre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 214 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pseudocerasifera
										
										
									 Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 192 (1950)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cerasifera   Gilg; (1909) (non Gilg 1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pubiflora
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi); Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Selangor); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines  (Mindanao, Luzon, Pujada); Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor); Moluccas  (Sula Arch., Seram, Ambon, Halmaheira); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			36 CHI 38 TAI 41 THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis borneensis   Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 91 (1929)
= Capparis brachyscias   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 323 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis braianensis   Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 164 (1939), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 597 (1939), latine. (1938)
= Capparis cerasifolia   A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 71 (1854)
= Capparis crassifolia   A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 71 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Capparis lasiopoda   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 322 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis longipes   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 12 (1918)
= Capparis lutaoensis   C.E.Chang; Bull. Taiwan Prov. Pingtung Inst. Agric. 6: 56 (1965)
= Capparis nigricans   Span.; Linnaea 15: 165 (1841)
= Capparis perakensis   (Scort. ex King) Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 129 (1920)
= Capparis pubiflora var. moluccana Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 28 (1870)
= Capparis pubiflora var. perakensis Scort. ex King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58: 394 (1889)
= Capparis pubiflora var. sumatrana Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 28 (1870)
= Capparis singalensis   Korth. ex Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 28 (1870)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pubifolia
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Fl. Yunnan. 2: 64 (1979)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis pyrifolia
										
										
									 Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 606 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Tamil Nadu); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; N-Sumatra; Sulawesi; Java  (incl. Kangean, Madura); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, E-Sumbawa)
			40 IND 41 CBD LAO THA VIE 42 JAW LSI SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis acuminata   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2: 1131 (1799)
= Capparis acuminata   Willd. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6990 C (1832)
= Capparis dasypetala   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 322 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis foetida   Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 52 (1825)
= Capparis kerrii   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 232 (1922)
= Capparis oxyphylla   Miq.; Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 397 (1855)
= Capparis zeylanica   Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 25 (1834), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis quiniflora
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Semau Isl., Timor); Moluccas  (Kei Isl., Tanimbar); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia  (incl. Île des Pins, Loyalty Isl.); Vanuatu; Tonga; Fiji; Nauru
			42 LSI MOL NWG SUL 50 AUS 60 FIJ NRU NWC TON VAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis neocaledonica   Vieill. ex Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 113 (1906), et ex Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 578 (1937), descr.
= Capparis quinqueflora   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 277 (1841)
= Capparis richii   A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 69 (1854)
= Capparis subcordata   Span.; Linnaea 15: 166 (1841)
= Capparis trapeziflora   Span.; Linnaea 15: 165 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis radula
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 213 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD LAO THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis ramonensis
										
										
									 Danin; Willdenowia 41(2): 312 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Israel
			34 ISR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis rheedei
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparidastrum baducca   (L.) Hutch.; Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 310 (1967)
= Capparis baducca   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 504 (1753), nom. rej.
= Capparis brevispina var. rheedei (DC.) Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 15 (1858)
= Capparis formosa   Dalzell; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 40 (1850)
= Capparis heyneana   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6985 (1832) ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 25 (1834)
= Capparis malabaria   Wight ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 277 (1841)
= Pleuteron baducca   (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 109 (1838)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis richardii
										
										
									 Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 463 (1885)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis chrysomela var. richardii (Baill.) Hadj-Moust.; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 83: 19 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis rigida
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 485 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis rotundifolia
										
										
									 Rottler; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 185 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (widespread)
			40 BAN IND SRL 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis brevispina var. rotundifolia (Rottler) Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 15 (1858)
= Capparis longispina   Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 176 (1872)
= Capparis orbiculata   Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 176 (1872)
= Capparis pedunculosa var. longispina (Hook.f. & Thomson) Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 63 (1893)
= Capparis pedunculosa   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6999 (1832), nomen
= Capparis pedunculosa   Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 27 (1834)
= Capparis rotundifolia var. longispina (Hook.f. & Thomson) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 1: 48 (1996)
= Capparis sepiaria   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6993 G (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis roxburghii
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis aguba   Banks ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
= Capparis bisperma   Wight ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 176 (1872), non Roxb., 1824.
= Capparis corymbosa   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. (93) (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 569 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis rufidula
										
										
									 M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 487 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar
			41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis sarmentosa
										
										
									 A.Cunn. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 95 (1863)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (SE-Queensland, NE-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis scortechinii
										
										
									 King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 394 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Malaysia  (Terengganu, Penang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor)
			42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. ruthiae
									 Julius; PhytoKeys 189: 109, figs. 4-5 (2022)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
			42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis sepiaria
										
										
									 L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1071 (1759)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi); Pakistan  (Karachi, Sind); Nepal; India  (widespread, incl. Jammu & Kashmir); Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl., Narcondum Isl., Barren Isl.); Myanmar  (Magway, Mandalay, Mon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kedah, Kelantan); N-Borneo; Sulawesi  (incl. Selayar Isl., Buton Isl.); Palawan; Philippines  (Babuyan, Luzon, Mindanao); Java  (incl. Madura Isl., Kangean Arch.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Nusa Penida Isl., Sumbawa, Alor, Timor, Leti, Wetar); Moluccas  (Babar, Sula Arch., Halmaheira, Buru, Ambon, Kei Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SUL 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis affinis   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 303 (1915)
= Capparis emarginata   C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 85 (1835)
= Capparis emarginata   Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 166 (1841), nom. illeg.
= Capparis flexicaulis   Hance; J. Bot. 6: 225 (1868)
= Capparis glauca var. angustifolia Collett & Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 19 (1891)
= Capparis glauca   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7005 (1832)
= Capparis glauca   Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 180 (1872)
= Capparis incanescens   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis retusella   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 16, 400 (1859)
= Capparis sepiaria var. glabrata DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis sepiaria var. incanescens (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 177 (1872)
= Capparis sepiaria var. retusella (Thwaites) Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 400 (1864)
= Capparis stylosa var. velutina DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
= Capparis trichopetala   Valeton; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 10: 14 (1907)
= Capparis umbellata   R.Br. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. boscioides
									 (Pax) Kers; Kew Bull. 54(1): 220 (1999)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis boscioides   Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 297 (1892)
= Capparis chionantha   Gilg ex Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 190 (1915), descr.
= Capparis chionantha   Gilg ex Engl.; Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 743 (1906), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. citrifolia
									 (Lam.) Toelken; Bothalia 10: 63 (1969)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Wild Caper-bush
			
			Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis capensis   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 92 (1800)
= Capparis citrifolia   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(2): 606 (1785)
= Capparis laurifolia   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 193 (1915), nom. illeg.
= Capparis volkameria   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis woodii   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 194 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. fischeri
									 (Pax) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Benin; Cameroon; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Madagascar; etc.
			22 BEN 23 CMN 24 CHA SSU SUD 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cerasiflora   Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 214 (1903)
= Capparis djurica   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 192 (1915)
= Capparis fischeri   Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 298 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. rivae
									 (Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis mildbraedii   Gilg; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 217 (1911)
= Capparis mildbraedii var. roseiflora (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Haumann; Fl. Congo Belge 2: 464 (1951)
= Capparis rivae   Gilg; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 6: 89 (1895)
= Capparis roseiflora   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 193 (1915)
= Capparis victoriae-nyanzae   Brenan; Kew Bull. [4]: 71 (1949)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. stuhlmannii
									 (Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 SOM 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis stuhlmannii   Gilg; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 63 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. subglabra
									 (Oliv.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 81 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo)
			22 BKN IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis corymbosa var. sansibarensis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 297 (1891)
= Capparis corymbosa var. subglabra Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 97 (1868)
= Capparis sansibarensis   (Pax) Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 213 (1903)
= Capparis subglabra   (Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 192 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis shanesiana
										
										
									 F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 10: 94 (1877)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (C-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea shanesiana   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 10: 94 (1877)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis shevaroyensis
										
										
									 Sundararagh.; Kew Bull. 37(1): 72 (1982), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu, Kerala)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis parviflora   Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 176 (1872) non Boiss. (1843)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis siamensis
										
										
									 Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 1: 63 (1877)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis adunca   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 231 (1922)
= Capparis macropoda   Pierre ex Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 1: 196 (1908)
= Capparis winitii   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 234 (1922)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis sikkimensis
										
										
									 Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 181 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tibet; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar  (Kachin)
			36 TIB 40 BHU IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cathcartii   Hemsl. ex Gamble; List Trees Darjeeling Distr., ed. 2: 6 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis spinosa
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 503 (1753)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. spinosa
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Dorniger Kapernstrauch (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Albania; Greece  (scattered mainland, Kerkyra, Ionian Isl.); Crete; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt; Canary Isl. [I]  (Hierro [I]); East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos); Turkey; Iraq; Cyprus; Israel
			11 ger 12 FRA POR SPA 13 ALB GRC ITA KRI SLV 20 ALG EGY TUN 21 cny 34 CYP EAI IRQ ISR TUR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis aculeata   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 147 (1821)
= Capparis murrayi   Stewart ex Dalzell; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 74 (1872)
= Capparis ovalis   Risso; Fl. Nice 44 (1844)
= Capparis peduncularis   C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 20 (1822)
= Capparis sativa   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 59 (1806)
= Capparis spinosa var. sativa (Pers.) Merrem; Handb. Pflanzenk. [Merrem] 242 (1809)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. aegyptia
									 (Lam.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 420 (1867)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Ägyptischer Kapernstrauch (DE); Egyptian Caper (EN)
			
			Distribution: Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt); N-Chad  (Tibesti, Ennedi); Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses]  (Île Europa, Juan de Nova Isl.); Seychelles; East Aegaean Isl.  (Samos); Iraq  (S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran; Iran  (S-Iran); Afghanistan; Lebanon; Israel  (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia  (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Nejd Desert); Kuwait; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, Karachi); India  (Goa, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal)
			13 KRI 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 24 CHA DJI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN 29 MCI SEY 34 AFG EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN 35 KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis aegyptia   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 605 (1785)
= Capparis deserti   (Zohary) Täckh. & Boulos; Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5: 14 (1974)
= Capparis hierosolymitana   Danin; Fl. Medit. 20: 181(-184, fig. 1) (2010)
= Capparis sinaica   Veill.; Traité Arbr. Arbust. [Duhamel], nouv. éd. 1: 144 (1802)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. aegyptia (Lam.) Kit Tan & Runemark; Fl. Hellenica 2: 114 (2002)
= Capparis spinosa var. aravensis Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 53 (1960)
= Capparis spinosa var. deserti Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 8: 54 (1960)
= Capparis spinosa var. pubescens Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 53 (1960)
= Capparis zoharyi   Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 145 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. atlantica
									 (Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz) Fici; Phytotaxa 174(1): 15 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco  (Atlas)
			20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis atlantica   Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 131 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. canescens
									 Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 1(2): 28 (1849)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Spain; Baleares; France  (S-France); Italy; Sicily; North Macedonia; Albania; Greece; Crete; Morocco; Tunisia; Libya  (Cyrenaica); Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert); East Aegaean Isl.; Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia, EC-Iran, E-Iran, W-Iran); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamian Lowlands, Western Desert); Iran  (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Wakhan, Badghys, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Faryab, Helmand, Herat, Wardak, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar); Cyprus  (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia; Bahrain; Yemen; Pakistan; Nepal; India  (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand)
			12 BAL FRA SPA 13 ALB GRC ITA KRI NMA SIC 20 EGY LBY MOR TUN 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 BAR SAU YEM 40 IND NEP PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis leucophylla   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
= Capparis napaulensis   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
= Capparis obovata   Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 1: 73 (1839)
= Capparis ovata subsp. sicula (Veill. ex Duhamel) Pugnaire; Blancoana 7: 121 (1989)
= Capparis ovata var. palaestina Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 56 (1960)
= Capparis ovata var. sicula (Veill. ex Duhamel) Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 55 (1960)
= Capparis sicula subsp. leucophylla (DC.) Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 142 (2006)
= Capparis sicula subsp. mesopotamica Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 142 (2006)
= Capparis sicula subsp. sindiana Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 144 (2006)
= Capparis sicula   Veill. ex Duhamel; Traité Arbr. Arbust. [Duhamel] 1: 159 (1755)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. canescens (Coss.) A.Bolòs & O.Bolòs; Misc. Fontseré 88 (1961)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. sicula (Veill. ex Duhamel) Holmboe; Stud. Veg. Cyprus 92 (1914)
= Capparis spinosa var. leucophylla (DC.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 420 (1867)
= Capparis spinosa var. sicula (Veill. ex Duhamel) Hausskn.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 5: 41 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. mucronifolia
									 (Boiss.) Hedge & Lamond ex R.R.Stewart; Fl. W. Pakistan Annot. Cat. 294 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Iran  (S-Iran); Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar); Saudi Arabia; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Mascat & Oman); Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, Kurram, Khyber); India  (Gujarat, Rajasthan)
			34 AFG IRN 35 OMA QAT SAU UAE 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis elliptica   Hausskn. & Bornm. ex.Bornm.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 6: 49 (1894)
= Capparis elliptica var. maskatensis Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Bornm.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 6: 49 (1894)
= Capparis mucronifolia   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 3 (1843)
= Capparis galeata   Fresen.; Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 111 (1836)
= Capparis spinosa var. galeata (Fresen.) Hook.f. & Th.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 173 (1872)
= Capparis spinosa var. galeata (Fresen.) Mastakar & S.S.Dash; Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 1: 111 (2020), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. parviflora
									 (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 420 (1867)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt; Tajikistan; Iraq; Iran; Afghanistan  (Farah, Helmand, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Lebanon; Syria; Israel; Saudi Arabia; Bahrain; Pakistan; India
			20 EGY 32 TZK 34 AFG IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR 35 BAR SAU 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis leucophylla var. parviflora (Boiss.) Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8 D: 59 (1960)
= Capparis murrayana   J.Graham; Cat. Pl. Bombay [Graham] 9 (1839)
= Capparis ovata var. kurdica Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 56 (1960)
= Capparis parviflora   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 4 (1843)
= Capparis parviflora subsp. kurdica (Zohary) Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 139 (2006)
= Capparis parviflora subsp. sphaerocarpa Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 139 (2006)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. parviflora (Boiss.) Ahmadi, H.Saeidi & Mirtadz.; Phytotaxa 456(1): 16 (2020)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. herbacea
									 (Willd.) Fici; Phytotaxa 174(1): 13 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ukraine; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey; Iran; Afghanistan; W-China; Mongolia
			14 UKR 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI 37 MON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis herbacea var. microphylla Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 235 (1842)
= Capparis herbacea   Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 560 (1809)
= Capparis leucophylla var. microphylla (Ledeb.) Täckh. & Boulos; Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5: 13 (1972 publ. 1974)
= Capparis mucronifolia subsp. rosanowiana (B.Fedtsch.) Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 135 (2006)
= Capparis ovata   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 1 (1808)
= Capparis ovata var. herbacea (Willd.) Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 56 (1960)
= Capparis ovata var. microphylla (Ledeb.) Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel 8D: 59 (1960)
= Capparis rosanowiana   B.Fedtsch.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 20: 297 (1906), et Consp. Fl. Turk. 2: 98 (1909)
= Capparis sicula subsp. herbacea (Willd.) Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 140 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. cordifolia
									 (Lam.) Fici; Phytotaxa 203(1): 28 (2015)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines  (Luzon [I], Bohol); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor, Semau Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.  (New Ireland, New Britain); Solomon Isl.; New Caledonia  (Loyalty Isl.); Rotuma Isl.; Tonga  (Tongatapu); Niue; Fiji; Wallis & Futuna  (´Uvea Isl. [Wallis]); American Samoa  (Olosega, Ta´u, Tutuila); [Western] Samoa  (Savai´i); Nauru; Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Takutea); Society Isl.; Tuamotu Arch.  (Niau, Makatea Isl.); Austral Isl.  (Rurutu); +Pitcairn Isl.; Henderson Isl.; Palau  (Koror, Ulebsechel, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Peleliu, Angaur); Northern Marianas  (Maug, Pagan, Sarigan, Anatahan, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Fais, Kosrae); Marshall Isl.  (Jaluit); Hawaii  (Midway Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, +Laysan Isl., all Hawaii Islands)
			42 LSI NWG PHI 43 BIS SOL 60 ASA FIJ NRU NUE NWC ROT SAM TON WAL 61 AUI COO HEN PIT SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis baducca   Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 438 (1837)
= Capparis cordifolia   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 609 (1785)
= Capparis mariana   Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 57, t. 109 (1797)
= Capparis sandwicensis   Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 5: 54 (1846), orth. var.
= Capparis sandwichiana   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 245 (1824)
= Capparis sandwichiana var. zoharyi O.Deg. & I.Deg.; Phytologia 7: 370 (1961)
= Capparis spinosa var. mariana (Jacq.) K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 201 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. himalayensis
									 (Jafri) Fici; Phytotaxa 203(1): 32 (2015)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Xinjiang, Gansu); Tibet; Nepal; India  (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand)
			36 CHI TIB 40 IND NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis spinosa var. himalayensis (Jafri) Jacobs; Blumea 12: 419 (1965)
= Capparis himalayensis   Jafri; Pakistan J. Forest. 6: 197, t. 1, f. 13, map (1956)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. nummularia
									 (DC.) Fici; Webbia 58(1): 117 (2003)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis nummularia var. minor Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 686 (1925)
= Capparis nummularia   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
= Capparis spinosa var. nummularia (DC.) Bailey; Syn. Queensl. Fl. 15 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. rupestris
									 (Sm.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 68 (1878)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Felsen-Kapernstrauch (DE); Rock Caper (EN)
			
			Distribution: Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie  (Lampedusa); Malta; Croatia; Albania; Greece  (C- & S-Greece, widespread on islands); Crete; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Ikaria, Samos, Dodecanese, Nisyros, Tilos, Simi, Karpathos, Kasos, Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey
			12 BAL FRA GIB SAR SPA 13 ALB CRO GRC ITA KRI MLT PEL PTL SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY TUN 34 EAI TUR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis inermis   Turra; Fl. Ital. Prodr. 65 (1780) (non Forssk. 1775)
= Capparis orientalis   Veill.; Traité Arbr. Arbust. [Duhamel], nouv. éd. 1: 142 (1801)
= Capparis rupestris   Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 355 (1809)
= Capparis spinosa f. inermis (Turra) Knoche; Fl. Baléar. 2: 11 (1922), nom. illeg.
= Capparis spinosa proles rupestris (Sm.) Rouy & Foucaud; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 2: 238 (1895)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. inermis (Zohary) A.Bolòs & O.Bolòs; Misc. Fontseré 88 (1961)
= Capparis spinosa subsp. orientalis (Veill.) Jafri; Fl. Libya 12: 3 (1977)
= Capparis spinosa var. inermis Zohary; Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 8: 51 (1960)
= Capparis spinosa var. rupestris (Sm.) Viv.; Fl. Libyc. Spec. 26 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. ovata
									 (Desf.) Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 355 (1809)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Sicily; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya
			13 SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis aegyptia   Sieber ex C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 274 (1828), nom. illeg., non Lam.
= Capparis fontanesii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 245 (1824), nom. superfl.
= Capparis ovata   Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 404 (1798)
= Capparis sicula var. kruegeriana Pamp.; Agric. Colon. 22: 459 (1926)
= Capparis spinosa f. kruegeriana (Pamp.) Pamp.; Prodr. Fl. Ciren. 234 (1931)
= Capparis spinosa var. coriacea Coss. ex Maire; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 1933: 100 (1933)
= Capparis spinosa var. kruegeriana (Pamp.) Jafri; Fl. Libya 12: 4 (1977)
= Capparis spinosa var. ovata (Desf.) Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] 82 (1888), isonym
= Capparis spinosa var. ovata (Desf.) Fici; Phytotaxa 174(1): 18 (2014), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. myrtifolia
									 (Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz) Fici; Phytotaxa 174(1): 20 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Algeria  (Hoggar, Tassili); W-Libya; N-Chad  (Tibesti, Ennedi)
			20 ALG LBY 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis ovata subsp. myrtifolia Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93(1): 137 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis srilankensis
										
										
									 Sundararagh.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 28(1-4): 185 (1986 publ. 1988)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sri Lanka
			40 SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis subsessilis
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 110 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi); ?Vietnam
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis sunbisiniana
										
										
									 M.L.Zhang & G.C.Tucker; Fl. China 7: 441 (2008), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan); Myanmar; ?Thailand; N-Vietnam
			36 CHI 41 MYA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis acutifolia subsp. obovata M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 433 (1965), non Buch.-Ham. ex DC. 1824
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis tagbanuorum
										
										
									 Fici; Phytotaxa 267(2): 146 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines
			42 PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis tchaourembensis
										
										
									 Fici; Kew Bull. 66(2): 299 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Comores  (Mayotte)
			29 COM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis tenera
										
										
									 Dalzell; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 41 (1850)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (W-Yunnan); Tibet; India  (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar  (Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, Yangon); N-Thailand
			36 CHI TIB 40 IND SRL 41 AND MYA NCB THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis disticha   Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 70 (1874)
= Capparis oxyphylla   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6997 (1832), nomen
= Capparis tenera var. dalzellii Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
= Capparis tenera var. latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
= Capparis tenera var. zeylanica Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 179 (1872)
= Capparis tetrasperma   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 15 (1859)
= Capparis uncinata   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6998 (1832), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis thorelii
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 214 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD LAO THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis thozetiana
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 104 (1865)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland: Rockhampton)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea thozetiana   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 104 (1865)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis tomentosa
										
										
									 Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 606 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Woolly Caper-bush
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; N-Cameroon; São Tomé; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia; N-Yemen
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN SAO ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis alexandrae   Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 463 (1932)
= Capparis biloba   Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 85 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Kew Bull. 25 (1928)
= Capparis corymbifera   E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 1: 62 (1860)
= Capparis floribunda   Lepr. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 197 (1843), pro syn.
= Capparis globifera   Delile; Sec. Voy. Choa [Rochet] 340 (1846)
= Capparis hypericoides   Hochst.; Flora 27(1): 290 (1844)
= Capparis lucens   Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 191 (1950)
= Capparis persicifolia   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 31 (1847)
= Capparis polymorpha   A.Rich.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 24 (1831)
= Capparis puberula   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 248 (1824)
= Capparis subtomentosa   De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 212 (1922)
= Capparis tomentosa var. persicifolia (A.Rich.) Penz.; Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova [1892] 330 (1893)
= Capparis verdickii   De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 35 (1902)
= Capparis volkensii   Gilg; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 185 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis tonkinensis
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 215 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis tonkinensis var. annamensis Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.], Suppl. 165 (1939), anglice
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis trichocarpa
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 113 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis trinervia
										
										
									 Hook.f. &  Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 175 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar  (Kachin, Kayin, Shan, Taninthayi); Laos; Vietnam; ?peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (Gunung Bubu, Perak); NE-Sumatra
			41 LAO MYA VIE 42 MLY SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis kunstleri   King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 396 (1889)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. chungiana
									 Julius; PhytoKeys 189: 112, figs. 6-8 (2022)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
			42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis trisonthiae
										
										
									 Srisanga & Chayam.; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 26(1): 64 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand
			41 THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis umbonata
										
										
									 Lindl.; J. Exped. Trop. Australia [Mitchell] 257 (1848)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, C-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Busbeckea umbonata   (Lindl.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 164 5: 104 (1858)
= Capparis acacioides   Diels & O.Schwarz ex O.Schwarz; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 84 (1927)
= Capparis citrifera   O.Schwarz; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 84 (1927)
= Capparis umbonata f. exumbonata Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 136 (1926), nom. inval.
= Capparis umbonata var. latifolia S.Moore; J. Bot. 64: 90 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis urophylla
										
										
									 F.Chun; J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 419 (1948)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan); N-Laos
			36 CHI 41 LAO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis cuspidata   B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 111 (1964)
= Capparis tenera var. caudata B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 111 (1964)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis velutina
										
										
									 P.I.Forst.; Austrobaileya 5(1): 107 (1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis nobilis var. pubescens Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 96 (1863)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis versicolor
										
										
									 Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 577 (1845)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Myanmar  (Taninthayi); peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Perak, Selangor)
			36 CHI 41 MYA THA VIE 42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis koi   Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 2: 28 (1934)
= Capparis koioides   M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 459 (1965)
= Capparis larutensis   King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 393 (1889)
= Capparis nhatrangensis   Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 165 (1939), gallice, et in Bull Soc. Bot. France 85: 598 (1939), latine. (1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis viburnifolia
										
										
									 Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 168 (1939), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 598 (1939), latine. (1938)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (S-Yunnan); N-Thailand; N-Vietnam
			36 CHI 41 THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis viminea
										
										
									 Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 97 (1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique
			22 BEN NGA 23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis lilacina   Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 215 (1903)
= Capparis welwitschii   Pax & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 214 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. orthacantha
									 (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			25 TAN 26 MOZ ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis orthacantha   Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 504 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis wui
										
										
									 B.S.Sun; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 109 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis yunnanensis
										
										
									 Craib & W.W.Sm.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 91 (1916)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan, Guangdong); Myanmar  (Kachin); ?N-Thailand; N-Vietnam
			36 CHI 41 MYA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis bhamoensis   Raizada; Indian Forest Rec., Bot., n. s. 3: 127 (1941)
= Capparis sikkimensis subsp. yunnanensis (Craib & W.W.Sm.) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 496 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Capparis zeylanica
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 72 (1762)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan  (Sind); Nepal; India  (widespread); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar  (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sulawesi  (incl. Selayar Isl.); Philippines  (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Lombok, Sumbawa, Semau, Timor); Moluccas  (Sula Arch.)
			36 CHI 38 tai 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MOL PHI SUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis acuminata   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 566 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Capparis aurantioides   C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 86 (1835)
= Capparis crassifolia   Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 227 (1873)
= Capparis dealbata   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 246 (1824)
= Capparis erythrodasys   Miq.; Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 397 (1854)
= Capparis formosa   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6982 A (1832)
= Capparis hastigera   Hance; J. Bot. 6: 296 (1868)
= Capparis hastigera var. obcordata Merr. & F.P.Metcalf; Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 192 (1937)
= Capparis horrida   L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 264 (1781)
= Capparis horrida var. erythrodasys (Miq.) Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 34 (1870)
= Capparis horrida var. paniculata Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 1: 185 (1908)
= Capparis latifolia   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 232 (1922), nom. illeg.
= Capparis linearis   Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 438 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Capparis myrioneura var. latifolia Hallier f.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 61 (1906)
= Capparis nemorosa   Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 438 (1837)
= Capparis ovalifolia   Zipp. ex Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 33 (1870)
= Capparis polymorpha   Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 227 (1873), nom. illeg.
= Capparis quadriflora   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis rufescens   Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 321 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Capparis subhorrida   Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 234 (1922)
= Capparis swinhoei   Hance; J. Bot. 6: 296 (1868)
= Capparis terniflora   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 247 (1824)
= Capparis wightiana   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6987 (1832), nomen
= Capparis xanthophylla   Collett & Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 20 (1891)
= Capparis zeylanica var. pubipetala S.Y.Liu, X.Q.Ning & Y.F.Tan; Guihaia 32(3): 324 (2012)
= Oligloron zeylanica   (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 109 (1838)
= Pleuteron baduca   (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 109 (1838)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Capparis zippeliana
										
										
									 Miq.; Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind. 25(1): 14 (1871)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas  (Tanimbar, Kei Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.  (New Britain, New Ireland); Solomon Isl.; Palau  (Koror, Urukthapel, Peleliu, Angaur)
			42 LSI MOL NWG 43 BIS SOL 62 PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Capparis carolinensis   Kaneh.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 919 (1934)
= Capparis dahlii   Gilg & K.Schum.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 208 (1895)
= Capparis zippeliana var. novobritannica Lauterb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 114 (1914)
= Capparis zippeliana var. novohibernica Lauterb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 114 (1914)