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Taxon: Family Capparaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - caper family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Adanson, M. 1763. Fam. Pl. 2: 402. ["Capparides", nom. praeinit.].
Original name & rank:  de Jussieu, A.L. 1789. Gen. Pl.: 242 ("Ordo"[=Family], "Capparides"). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 102).

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Cappareae (Tribe) DC. (1824)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Capparoideae (Subfamily) Pax
Type: Capparis (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 102).

Variants

Pre-starting point name: Capparides (Family) Adans. (1763), nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 2 Nov 2022.
Different rank: Capparoideae (Subfamily) Pax

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Capparidaceae (Family) Tribus Stixeae
Including: Cleomaceae (Family) Bercht. & J.Presl (1825) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 219.
Including: Oxystylidaceae (Family) Hutch. (1969) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 219.
Questionably Including: Stixaceae (Family) Doweld (2008), orth. inval. Ref: APG III (comps.), 2009: 114. [implicit]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: kappertjesfamilie Ref: R. Röber et al. (eds.), 1990

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: caper family
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