Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Wollerige Kapperbos
Common Names in English:
African Caper, Wooly Caperbush
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,625 meters (0 to 5,331 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Violanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Brassicales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Capparineae
()
-
- Family:
Capparaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, nom. cons.
- Family:
Capparaceae
(
- Suborder:
Capparineae
(
- Order:
Brassicales
(
- Superorder:
Violanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Lam. Publication : Encycl. (Lamarck) 1(2): 606 1785 [1 Aug 1785]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Capparis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. amplissima (Burro Blanco) · C. baducca (Caper) · C. corymbosa (Corymbose Caper) · C. cynophallophora (Jamaica Caper) · C. decidua (Bare Caper) · C. erythrocarpus (Capparis) · C. flexuosa (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. flexuosa var. floridanum (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. flexuosa var. pumila (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. hastata (Broadleaf Caper) · C. incana (Hoary Caper) · C. indica (Linguam) · C. micracantha (Caper Thorn) · C. montana (French Guiana Caper) · C. moonii (Indian Caper) · C. nobilis (Wild Lime (Aust)) · C. odoratissima (Capparis) · C. pittieri (Tropical American Caper) · C. sandwichiana (Native Caper) · C. sepiaria (Wild Caper-Bush) · C. spinosa (Caper) · C. spinosa var. inermis (Caper) · C. tomentosa (Wooly Caperbush) · C. zeylanica (Indian Caper)
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Further Reading
- A record of plants collected in Southern Rhodesia; arramged on Engler's system. Compiled by Fred. Eyles. Cape Town, 1916 url p. 356.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 366.
- Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 171.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1909 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 91.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 339.
- Catalogue of the African plants London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896-1901. url .
- Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61. .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896-1901. url p. 31, p. 31.
- Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories, by Olive Macleod. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and sons, 1912. url p. 311.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 81.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1014, p. 830.
- Oliver, D. Flora of tropical Africa /by Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. 1 1868 London: L. Reeve and co., 1868-1999. url p. 94.
- South African journal of science. [Marshalltown, Transvaal: South African Association for the Advancement of Science, url p. 292.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 499.
- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 232.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 37 1904 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 427, p. 429, p. 486, p. 53, p. 536.
- The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Cong by Sir Harry Johnston. .. With 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others, 48 full-page coloured plates by the author and 9 maps by J.G. Bartholomew and the author. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902. url p. 330.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 29 1875 London: [The Society], 1791-1875. url p. 10.
- Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 217.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5890554
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13532405
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146824-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 146824-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2023576
Footnotes
- Mean = 793.510 meters (2,603.379 feet), Standard Deviation = 571.720 based on 47 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
