Capparaceae Juss.

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Name source
Australian Plant Census
Rank
family
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LSID
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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:398961

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=family:Capparaceae
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Terrestrial Habitats

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Description

Herbs, shrubs, climbers or trees, sometimes with spiny stipules, often with glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, simple, or palmately divided. Flowers 4-partite, the petals often clawed at the base. Stamens few to very numerous and prominent. Ovary superior, often on a long stalk (gynophore), developing into a long-stalked, often brightly coloured, fleshy capsular fruit. source: ABRS Flora of Australia Online

Online resources

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Capparaceae

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Capparidaceae orth. var. J.M.Black
Published in: Black, J.M. 1924, Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 155-358

Common Names

Common name Source
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Working classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Rosanae
order
Brassicales
family
Capparaceae  Recorded in Australia
genus
Apophyllum  Recorded in Australia
genus
Cadaba  Recorded in Australia
genus
Capparis: Bumble Tree  Recorded in Australia
genus
Crateva  Recorded in Australia

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