caper family
Capparaceae
The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are Capparis (about 140 species), Morisonia (87 species), Maerua (70 species), Boscia (30 species), and Cadaba (30 species).
26 branches of this family, most-observed first
Caperbushes
genusCapparis
Sherpherdstrees
genusBoscia
Crateva
genusCrateva
Quadrella
genusQuadrella
Cynophalla
genusCynophalla
Maerua
genusMaerua
Cadaba
genusCadaba
Atamisquea
genusAtamisquea
Morisonia
genusMorisonia
Capparidastrum
genusCapparidastrum
Capparicordis
genusCapparicordis
Thilachium
genusThilachium
Colicodendron
genusColicodendron
Apophyllum
genusApophyllum
Anisocapparis
genusAnisocapparis
Beautempsia
genusBeautempsia
Bachmannia
genusBachmannia
Sarcotoxicum
genusSarcotoxicum
Cladostemon
genusCladostemon
Ritchiea
genusRitchiea
Neocalyptrocalyx
genusNeocalyptrocalyx
Dipterygium
genusDipterygium
Buchholzia
genusBuchholzia
Hypselandra
genusHypselandra
Neothorelia
genusNeothorelia
Poilanedora
genusPoilanedora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47847.