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Taxon: Genus Capparis L. (1753) - capers (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1753a. Sp. Pl. 1: 503.
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Types

Type of: Capparaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 102).
Type of: Cappareae (Tribe) DC. (1824)
Type of: Capparidaceae (Family) Tribus Stixeae Ref: PBDB: [2 Apr 2022]. [inferred]
Type, by subsequent designation: Capparis spinosa L. Ref: Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, 1920. Bahama Fl. : 150. [26 Jun 1920]. [new]

Variants

Not validly published name: Capparis (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Including: Capparidastrum (Genus) Hutch. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 149.
Including: Neocalyptrocalyx (Genus) Hutch. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 576.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: capers Ref: 1987
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