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Ver. 25.03
Mar. 6th, 2025

291.0000 Family Capparaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 242 (1789), nom. cons.
33 genera, ca. 430 spp.
Species listed in database: 440
291.0305 Genus Cadaba Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 67 (1775)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, SW-Asia eastward to India and Sri Lanka, 1 Java, Lesser Sunda Isl., and coastal N-Australia
Species listed in database: 28
= Desmocarpus Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6978 (1832), nom. inval.
= Macromerum Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 388 (1822)
= Mozambe Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 112 (1838)
= Schepperia Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 2: 67 (1790)
= Schepperia Neck. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 245 (1824)
= Stroemia Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 19 (1790)
species :
Cadaba aphylla (Thunb.) Wild; Fl. Zambes. 1: 1. 207 (1960)
Name: Black Storm
Distribution: S-Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
26 ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba juncea (Burch.) Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 13 (1868)
= Cleome aphylla Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 109 (1794)
= Cleome juncea Sparrm.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 3: 192 (1780) (non Berg)
= Macromerum junceum (Sparrm.) Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 388 (1822)
= Schepperia aphylla (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 14 (1835)
= Schepperia juncea (Burch.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 245 (1824)
species :
Cadaba baccarinii Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 377 (1915)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; Oman
24 ETH SOM 35 OMA
species :
Cadaba barbigera Gilg; Ann. Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 94 (1900)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; N-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Cadaba benguellensis Mendes; Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 159 (1967)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Cadaba capparoides DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 244 (1824)
Distribution: Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Timor, Leti); Moluccas; Australia (N-Western Australia: Kimberley)
42 JAW LSI MOL 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Stroemia capparoides Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 766 (1824)
= Stroemia ovalifolia Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 164 (1841)
species :
Cadaba carneoviridis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 228 (1915)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba dasyantha Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 229 (1915)
= Cadaba nakakope Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 229 (1915)
species :
Cadaba divaricata Gilg; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 6: 93 (1895)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Cadaba farinosa Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 68 (1775)
subspecies :
subsp. farinosa
Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Egypt (SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
20 EGY MOR WSA 22 BEN BKN GAM IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba dubia DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 244 (1824)
= Cadaba farinosa subsp. rariflora Jafri; Fl. W. Pakistan 4: 41 (1972), et in Fl. W. Pakistan 34: 13 (1973)
= Cadaba farinosa var. desertica Oliv. ex Chiov.; Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 18 (1916)
= Cadaba miqueliana Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 321 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Cadaba mombassana Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 226 (1915)
= Streblocarpus fenzlii Parl.; Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-aegypt. 24 (1854)
= Stroemia dubia (DC.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 802 (1839)
= Stroemia farinosa (Forssk.) Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 20 (1790)
subspecies :
subsp. adenotricha (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) R.A.Graham; Kew Bull. 17: 161 (1963)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
23 RWA ZAI 24 SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba adenotricha Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 227 (1915)
= Cadaba apiculata Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 226 (1915)
= Cadaba heterotricha var. glabrata Chiov.; Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 18 (1916)
species :
Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 415 (1914)
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab); India (widespread except Himalaya); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; etc.
40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba indica Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5(1): 544 (1783)
= Cleome fruticosa L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 671 (1753)
= Mozambe levigata Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 112 (1838)
= Stroemia tetrandra Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 20 (1790)
species :
Cadaba gillettii R.A.Graham; Kew Bull. 16: 83 (1962)
Distribution: South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; Kenya
24 ETH SSU 25 KEN
species :
Cadaba glaberrima Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 230 (1915)
Distribution: Malawi
26 MLW
species :
Cadaba glandulosa Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 68 (1775)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Cameroon; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Iran (S-Iran); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz); Yemen (SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
20 EGY 22 BKN MLI MTN NGR 23 CMN 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 34 IRN 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba monopetala Edgew.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1212 (1847)
= Stroemia glandulosa (Forssk.) Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 20 (1790)
species :
Cadaba insularis A.G.Mill.; Ethnofl. Soqotra Archipelago 723 (2004)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
species :
Cadaba kassasii Chrtek; Novit. Bot. Inst. Horto Bot. Univ. Carol. 1971: 3 (1971)
Distribution: Sudan
24 SUD
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1967
species :
Cadaba kirkii Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 90 (1868)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Cadaba linearifolia (J.Graham) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 1: 43 (1996)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Oman; Yemen (Tihama, Aden Desert, SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut); Pakistan (Sind)
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN 35 OMA YEM 40 PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba heterotricha Stocks ex Hook.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 8: t. 839 (1852)
= Niebuhria linearifolia J.Graham; Cat. Pl. Bombay [Graham] 8 (1839)
species :
Cadaba longifolia DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 244 (1824)
Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; +Soqotra; Kenya; Saudi Arabia (Asir, Hejaz); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Aden Desert, SW-Yemen, Tihama)
24 DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba longifolia var. frutescens Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 82 (1929)
= Cadaba longifolia var. scandens (Pax) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 82 (1929)
= Cadaba scandens Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 361 (1891)
= Stroemia longifolia R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], App. 4: lxiv (1814)
species :
Cadaba mirabilis Gilg; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 6: 93 (1895)
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; S-Yemen
24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba mirabilis subsp. hirtella (Chiov.) Fici; Webbia 49: 134 (1994)
= Cadaba mirabilis var. glutinosa Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 82 (1929)
= Cadaba mirabilis var. hirtella Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 82 (1929)
species :
Cadaba natalensis Sond.; Linnaea 23: 8 (1850)
Name: Natal Worm-bush
Distribution: Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ
species :
Cadaba parvula Polhill; Kew Bull. 17: 163 (1963)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1960
species :
Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 68 (1775)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; N-Kenya; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (Aden Desert, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
20 EGY 24 DJI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Stroemia rotundifolia Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 20 (1790)
species :
Cadaba ruspolii Gilg; Ann. Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 94 (1900)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
species :
Cadaba schroeppelii Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 3, 78 (1951)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Cadaba somalensis Franch.; Sert. Somal. 12 (1882)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Cadaba stenopoda Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 231 (1915)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba obovata E.A.Bruce; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 94 (1932)
species :
Cadaba termitaria N.E.Br.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2527 (1897)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba macropoda Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 222 (1903)
species :
Cadaba trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 24 (1834)
Distribution: S-India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba triphylla Wight; Bot. Misc. 3: 296 (1833)
= Crateva tapia B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6978 (1832)
= Desmocarpus missionis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6978 (1832), nom. inval.
= Stroemia trifoliata Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 86 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 79 (1832)
species :
Cadaba virgata Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Île Maurice 13: 47 (1842), et Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 20: 58 (1843)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Cadaba madagascariensis Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 464 (1885)
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