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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Maiapilo, Native Caper
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Habitat
Ecology:
A shrub
of dry regions, most often in coastal areas, less frequently
inland. Growing on cliffs
, lava flows
, emerged coral
reefs and in
rocky gulches.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands [more info]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
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.
- Subfamily:
Capparoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Capparoideae
(
- Family:
Capparaceae
(
- Suborder:
Capparineae
(
- Order:
Brassicales
(
- Superorder:
Violanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Capparis sandwichiana var. zoharyi O. & I. Deg.
Notes
Publishing author
: DC. Publication
: Prodr. (DC.) 1: 245 1824 [mid
Jan 1824]
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.
Place of publication: Prodr. 1:245. 1824
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
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 118.
- A contribution to our knowledge of seedlings; by the Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., ltd., 1892. url , p. 179, p. 182.
- A preliminary catalogue of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history. .. Honolulu, 1892-93. url p. 53.
- Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 45 1918 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 495, p. 500, p. 512.
- Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. url .
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 694.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 4 1994 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 139.
- Observations of a naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899 / by H.B. Guppy. London: Macmillan and Co., 1903-1906. url p. 553.
- Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 104, p. 112, p. 22, p. 295, p. 6, p. 88, p. 96.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 177, p. 369, p. 4.
- Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu: Hawaiian Entomological Society url , , , , , .
- 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. 231.
- Torreya. Burlington, Vt., Torrey Botanical Club, 1901-1945. url p. 203.
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 February 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2648333
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-22609
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741964
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146755-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 451077
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 22609
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 146755-1
- IUCN ID: 197807
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCPP02080
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CASAZ
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26461
Footnotes
- Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Capparis sandwichiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
