Capparis L.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Capparaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Capparis L.

  • Description

    Genus Description - Small trees, erect or rarely scandent shrubs. Leaves simple, usually with budlike extrafloral nectaries at axils. Flowers bisexual and regular, in short racemes or solitary. Stamens numerous, much longer than the petals (2-3 times as long); ovary oblong, on a more or less elongate stipe (gynophore). Fruit elongate and opening along one side or short cylindrical and indehiscent or irregularly rupturing; seeds numerous, in 2 rows along fruit wall, covered with a fleshy coat.

  • Discussion

    Prado, D. E. 1993. Lectotypification of Capparis baducca L. (Capparaceae). Taxon 42: 655-660.

  • Distribution

    A genus with tropical or subtropical distribution and about 150-350 species.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|