Capparaceae Juss.
Capparis L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 503 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 222 [secondary reference]
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Capparideae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 246 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 93-97 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 5 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbecquea F.Muell. orth. var.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbecquea F.Muell. orth. var.
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 34 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 36 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), The Bahama Flora: 150 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Capparis spinosa L.
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 242 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Greco-latin name of the Caper-bush, C. spinosa, L., from the Perso-arabic kabar.
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 126 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 369 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greco-Latin name of the Caper-bush, C. spinosa, L., from the Perso-Arabic kabar."
Jacobs, M. (December 1960), Capparidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 6(1): 69-93 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, M. (1965), The genus Capparis (Capparaceae) from the Indus to the Pacific. Blumea 12(3): 385-541 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 445 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Capparaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 93 [secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Capparaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 208-209 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Capparaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 198-201 [secondary reference]
common name: Bumble Tree [n/a] common name: Wild Pomegranate [n/a] common name: Wild Orange [n/a]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Capparaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 455-456 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Capparaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 256 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 132 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Capparaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 455-456 [secondary reference]
Kers, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Capparaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 50 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 109 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Eucapparis DC. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Capparis L. sect. Capparis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbeckia Rchb. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Seriales (DC.) Span. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Corymbosae (DC.) Span. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckea (Endl.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbecquea F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Monostichocalyx Radlk. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, WA, NT, Qld, NSW, NI
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 149 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Eucapparis DC. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbeckia Rchb. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckia Hook.f. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckea (Endl.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckea (Endl.) Baill. isonym taxonomic synonym: Busbecquea F.Muell. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: SA, WA, NT, Qld, NSW, NI
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Eucapparis DC. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Busbeckea Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Busbeckia Rchb. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Apophyllum F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckia Hook.f. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckea (Endl.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Eucapparis Benth. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Capparis sect. Busbeckea (Endl.) Baill. isonym taxonomic synonym: Busbecquea F.Muell. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, NI