Capparaceae

Familia: Capparaceae
Genera: Anisocapparis – Apophyllum – Atamisquea – Bachmannia – Beautempsia – Belencita – Boscia – Buchholzia – Cadaba – Calanthea – Caphexandra – Capparicordis – Capparidastrum – Capparis – Cladostemon – Colicodendron – Crateva – Cynophalla – Dhofaria – Euadenia – Hispaniolanthus – Hypselandra – Maerua – Mesocapparis – Monilicarpa – Morisonia – Neocalyptrocalyx – Neocapparis – Neothorelia – Poilanedora – Preslianthus – Quadrella – Ritchiea – Sarcotoxicum – Steriphoma – Thilachium

Capparaceae Juss. Gen. Pl. 242. (1789) nom. cons. as Capparides

• Type genus: Capparis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 503. (1753)

• Capparidaceae Auct.
  

Note: This is a taxonomic opinion of the family summarised by Cardinal-McTeague et al. (2016), Tamboli et al. (2018) and Hassler et al. (2019). This view is rejected by The Global Flora (2018) and Plants of the World online (2019) who favour Morisonia as the sole New World segregate from Capparis s.l.. However, Cornejo (2018) presents a robust defence of the above circumscription firmly rejecting the opinions of Christenhusz et al. (2018). It is now recognised that this is a taxonomic opinion and that the science both supports the dismantling of Capparaceae and leaving it in its traditional sense.

• Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page.  p. 242.

• Cardinal-McTeague, W.M., Sytsma, K.J. & Hall, J.C. 2016. Biogeography and diversification of Brassicales: a 103 million year tale. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 204-224. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.021 PDF Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3 PDF Reference page. 
• Cornejo, X. 2018. Notes on the nomenclature of neotropical Capparaceae: An answer to Global Flora. Harvard Papers in Botany 23(2): 179-185. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v23iss2.2018.n3 PDF Reference page. 
• Cornejo, X. & Iltis, H.H. 2008. Two new genera of Capparaceae: Sarcotoxicum and Mesocapparis stat. nov., and the reinstatement of Neocalyptrocalyx. Harvard Papers in Botany 13(1): 103-117. DOI: 10.3100/1043-4534(2008)13[103:TNGOCS]2.0.CO;2 PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hall, J.C. 2008. Systematics of Capparaceae and Cleomaceae: an evaluation of the generic delimitations of Capparis and Cleome using plastid DNA sequence data. Botany 86(7): 682-696. DOI: 10.1139/B08-026 Reference page. 
• Iltis, H.H., Hall, J.C., Cochrane, T.S. & Sytsma, K.J. 2011. Studies in the Cleomaceae I: On the separate recognition of Capparaceae, Cleomaceae, and Brassicaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98(1): 28–36. DOI: 10.3417/2007017 Reference page. 
• Maurya, S., Cornejo, X., Lee, C., Kim, S.Y. & Choudhary, R.K., 2023. Molecular phylogenetic tools reveal the phytogeographic history of the genus Capparis L. and suggest its reclassification. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 58: p.125720. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125720 Reference page. 
• Tamboli, A.S., Yadav, P.B., Gothe, A.A., Yadav, S.R. & Govindwar, S.P. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and genetic diversity of genus Capparis (Capparaceae) based on plastid DNA sequences and ISSR markers. Plant Systematics and Evolution 304(2): 205-217. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-017-1466-z Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Capparaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Capparaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Capparaceae. Published online. Accessed: June 8 2019.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Capparaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 June 2019.

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