Caperbushes
Capparis
Capparis is a flowering plant genus in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes. Capparis species occur over a wide range of habitat in the subtropical and tropical zones.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Capparis
sectionCapparis
Capparis micracantha
speciesCapparis micracantha
Brush Caper Berry
speciesCapparis arborea
indian caper
speciesCapparis sepiaria
Woolly Caperbush
speciesCapparis tomentosa
Indian caper
speciesCapparis zeylanica
Scrambling Caper
speciesCapparis sarmentosa
Bumble Tree
speciesCapparis mitchellii
Maiapilo
speciesCapparis sandwichiana
karira
speciesCapparis decidua
Capparis sabiifolia
speciesCapparis sabiifolia
Nipan
speciesCapparis lasiantha
Native Pomegranate
speciesCapparis canescens
Capparis formosana
speciesCapparis formosana
Tree Caper
speciesCapparis grandis
Capparis acutifolia
speciesCapparis acutifolia
Capparis fascicularis
speciesCapparis fascicularis
Capparis divaricata
speciesCapparis divaricata
Capparis nummularia
speciesCapparis nummularia
Narrow-Leaved Caperbush
speciesCapparis brassii
Capparis umbonata
speciesCapparis umbonata
hoary caper
speciesCapparis incana
Capparis brevispina
speciesCapparis brevispina
Capparis lucida
speciesCapparis lucida
Capparis moonii
speciesCapparis moonii
Capparis quiniflora
speciesCapparis quiniflora
Capparis cantoniensis
speciesCapparis cantoniensis
Capparis loranthifolia
speciesCapparis loranthifolia
zigzag caperbush
speciesCapparis erythrocarpos
Herero Caperbush
speciesCapparis hereroensis
Capparis lanceolaris
speciesCapparis lanceolaris
Capparis mariana
speciesCapparis mariana
Capparis grandiflora
speciesCapparis grandiflora
Capparis ornans
speciesCapparis ornans
Round Leaf Caper
speciesCapparis rotundifolia
Capparis pubiflora
speciesCapparis pubiflora
Capparis rheedei
speciesCapparis rheedei
Capparis artensis
speciesCapparis artensis
Rheed's Caper
speciesCapparis baducca
Capparis tenera
speciesCapparis tenera
Capparis ramonensis
speciesCapparis ramonensis
Capparis micrantha
speciesCapparis micrantha
Capparis chrysomeia
speciesCapparis chrysomeia
Capparis thozetiana
speciesCapparis thozetiana
Capparis nobilis
speciesCapparis nobilis
Capparis fohaiensis
speciesCapparis fohaiensis
Capparis shanesiana
speciesCapparis shanesiana
Capparis versicolor
speciesCapparis versicolor
Capparis mollicella
speciesCapparis mollicella
Capparis flavicans
speciesCapparis flavicans
Capparis masaikai
speciesCapparis masaikai
Capparis diversifolia
speciesCapparis diversifolia
Capparis wui
speciesCapparis wui
Capparis floribunda
speciesCapparis floribunda
Capparis velutina
speciesCapparis velutina
Capparis urophylla
speciesCapparis urophylla
Capparis humistrata
speciesCapparis humistrata
Capparis pringlei
speciesCapparis pringlei
Capparis pyrifolia
speciesCapparis pyrifolia
Capparis cleghornii
speciesCapparis cleghornii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.447
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.92
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.93
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.93
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1039
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.432
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.755
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.756
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.71
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.281
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.44
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.149
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67714.