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Capparidaceae (caper)
Taxonomy
Capparidaceae was named by de Jussieu. It is extant.
It was assigned to Papaverales by Knowlton (1919); to Rhoedales by Chandler (1962); to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1978); and to Capparidales by Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Papaverales by Knowlton (1919); to Rhoedales by Chandler (1962); to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1978); and to Capparidales by Mabberley (2000).
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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.
Fm. Capparidaceae de Jussieu [caper]
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G. Cadaba Forsskål 1775
G. †Capparidispermum Chandler 1957
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†Capparidispermum boveyanum Chandler 1957
†Capparidispermum eocenicum Chandler 1962
†Capparidispermum poolense Chandler 1963
G. Capparis Linnaeus 1753
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Capparis baducca Linnaeus 1753
Capparis cynophallophora Linnaeus 1753
†Capparis palaeomicrantha Prasad et al. 2004
Capparis spinosa Linnaeus 1753
G. †Capparites Berry 1919
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†Capparites cynophylloides Berry 1919
†Capparites orbicularis Berry 1919
G. †Palaeocleome Chandler 1962
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†Palaeocleome lakense Chandler 1962
†Palaeocleome lakensis Chandler 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Calabrian or 113.20000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Albian | Canada (British Columbia) | Capparites sp. (24892) | |
| Coniacian - Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Capparites sp. (35209) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Capparidaceae indet. (26370) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Burtonella emarginata (23397) Burtonella emarginata, Palaeocleome lakensis, Capparidispermum eocenicum (23398) | |
| Ypresian - Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Burtonella emarginata (23395) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Capparidispermum poolense (24106) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Capparidaceae indet. (27778) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | United Kingdom (England) | Capparidispermum boveyanum (27665) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Capparis prejamaicensis (32044) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Ecuador | Capparis verrucosafolia (32188) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Capparidaceae indet. (22233) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Capparis palaeomicrantha (222797) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Capparis sp. (222695) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | Capparis multinervis (32127) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Capparidaceae indet. (22335) | |
| Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Capparis sp. (22117) | |
| Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | Capparis sp. (228793 228794 228795 228821) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Capparis sp. (228785 228789 228812) Capparis sp., Cadaba sp. (228811) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Capparidaceae indet. (22337) | |
| Calabrian - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Cadaba sp. (22072) |