?Capparaceae
Capparis spinosa (Caper)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Capparales Family: Capparaceae Juss.
genera
See text. Download high resolution version (800x638, 104 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Binomial name Capparis spinosa Linnaeus, 1753 A Caper (Capparis spinosa) is a shrub from the Mediterranean region. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Capparales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. ... Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ...

Capparaceae, or the Caper Family, is a family of flowering plants comprised of 28 genera and about 700 species of annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs, shrubs or trees, sometimes climbing, scrambling or rarely lianaceous of worldwide distribution. Capparaceae is closely related to Brassicaceae and the two families are combined under the latter name in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system. Binomial name Capparis spinosa Linnaeus, 1753 A Caper (Capparis spinosa) is a shrub from the Mediterranean region. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə(ɹ)b, or əɹb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A liana is woody climber. ... Genera See text. ... The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ...

Genera recognized in Kubitzki system

• Apophyllum F.Muell.
• Atamisquea Miers ex Hook. & Arn.
• Bachmannia Pax
• Belencita H.Karst.
• Boscia Lam.
• Buchholzia Engl.
• Cadaba Forssk.
• Capparis L.
• Cladostemon A.Braun & Vatke
• Cleome L.
• Cleomella DC.
• Crateva L.
• Cristatella Nutt.
• Dactylaena Schrad. ex Schult.f.
• Dhofaria A.G.Mill.
• Dipterygium Decne.
• Euadenia Oliv.
• Haptocarpum Ule
• Isomeris Nutt.
• Maerua Forssk.
• Morisonia L.
• Oxystylis Torr. & Frem.
• Podandrogyne Ducke
• Puccionia Chiov.
• Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don
• Steriphoma Spreng.
• Thilachium Lour.
• Wislizenia Engelm.

Genera to be excluded from Capparaceae, according to Kers in Kubitzki

1.Genera that may be capparalean but do not fit within Capparaceae

• Forchhammeria Liebm.
• Neothorelia Gagnep.
• Stixis Lour.
• Tirania Pierre

2.Genera that are insufficiently known but whose descriptions indicate that they cannot belong to Capparaceae

• Borthwickia W.W.Sm.
• Keithia Spreng.
• Poilanedora Gagnep.

3.Genera placed in other families

• Koeberlinia Zucc. in Koeberliniaceae
• Pentadiplandra Baill. in Pentadiplandraceae
• Oceanopapaver Guillaumin in Malvaceae sensu lato, subfamily Grewioideae or Tiliaceae, as synonym of Corchorus L.
• Physena Noronha ex Thouars in Physenaceae

A system of plant taxonomy, the Kubitzki system was published in Kubitzki, K. et al. ... Subfamilies Bombacoideae Brownlowioideae Byttnerioideae Dombeyoideae Grewioideae Helicteroideae Malvoideae Sterculioideae Tilioideae Malvaceae is family of flowering plants containing Malva, the mallow genus, and its relatives. ... Genera Abelmoschus - Okra Abutilon - Abutilon Adansonia – Baobab Alcea - Hollyhock Althaea - Marsh mallow Bombax – Silk-cotton tree Callirhoe - Poppy mallow Ceiba – Kapok Chiranthodendron – Mexican Hand Tree Cola - Kola nut Corchorus - Jute Durio – Durian Fremontodendron – Flannelbush Gaya – Gaya Gossypium - Cotton plant Hibiscus - Hibiscus Hoheria – Lacebark Kosteletzkya - Saltmarsh mallow Lavatera - Tree mallow or... Species About 40-100 species, including: Corchorus aestuans Corchorus capsularis Corchorus carnarvonensis Corchorus cunninghamii Corchorus junodi Corchorus olitorius Corchorus sidoides Corchorus tridens Corchorus walcottii Corchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. ...

References

• Kers, L. E. (2003). Capparaceae. In: Kubitzki, K. (Series Editor):The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.5: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (Volume Editors).Springer-Verlag Berlin, 36-56. ISBN 3-540-42873-9

External links

• Photos at University of Hawaii site
• Capparaceae, as Capparidaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).