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Capparis

Angiospermae - Papaverales - Capparidaceae

Taxonomy
Capparis was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Capparis spinosa.

It was assigned to Capparidaceae by Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Prasad (2008).

Species
C. baducca, C. cynophallophora, C. palaeomicrantha, C. spinosa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. prejamaicensis, C. verrucosafolia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Capparis Linnaeus
1919Capparis Knowlton
1976Capparis Lakhanpal et al.
1991Capparis Chauhan
2008Capparis Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderPapaverales
familyCapparidaceaede Jussieu
genusCapparis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Capparis Linnaeus 1753
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Capparis baducca Linnaeus 1753
†Capparis palaeomicrantha Prasad et al. 2004
Capparis spinosa Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador C. verrucosafolia (32188)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) C. prejamaicensis (32044)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) C. palaeomicrantha (222797)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) C. sp. (222695)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (Potosi) C. multinervis (32127)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa C. sp. (22117)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) C. sp. (228793 228794 228795 228821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) C. sp. (228785 228789 228811 228812)