Capparis indica

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Breynia Indica • Breynia indica L. • Linnaeobreynia indica (L.) Hutch. • Quadrella Indica

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit . Isles 3:415. 1914 Feb (W. Fawcett & A. B . Rendle, J. Bot. 52:144. 1914)

Name verified on 12-Mar-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Mar-2008

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 hand-book to the flora of Ceylon: containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses: with an atlas of plates illustrating some of the more inte by Henry Trimen. London: Dulau, 1893-1931. url p. 60.
• Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 11 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- url p. 42.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1923 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 106.
• Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 8 1912-1914 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., url p. 390.
• Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / by Elbert L. Little, Jr., and Frank H. Wadsworth. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1964. url p. 132, p. 533.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 8 1903-1905 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 104, p. 1657, p. 303, p. 304.
• Dedication papers: scientific papers presented at the dedication of the laboratory building and plant houses, April 19-21, 1917. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1918. url p. 48.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1937 Chicago, 1937. url p. 467.
• Flora of Guatemala, by Paul C. Standley and J.A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, 1946- url p. 382, p. 385.
• Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London.Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1910- url p. 230, p. 230, p. 232.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1938 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1938] url p. 1000, p. 1002.
• Flora of Yucatan, by Paul C. Standley. 3 1930 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. url p. 271.
• Flora of the Aguan valley and the coastal regions near La Ceiba, Honduras, by T. G. Yuncker. 9 1940 [Chicago]1940. url p. 291.
• Memoirs / Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Garden, 1918-1936. url p. 48.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 18, p. 5.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 140.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 450.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 872.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. url p. 48.
• Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 1657, p. 304.

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:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2648336
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-22612
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741961
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146509-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8893
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 22612
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 44697-2
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAIN5
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26459

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