page_title: Capparis
section_title: Selected species
hierarchical_section_title: Capparis / Selected species
caption_attribution_description: Plate from book Capparis sepiaria
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Capparis acutifolia Sweet
  Capparis annamensis
  Capparis arborea (F.Muell.) Maiden – Brush caper
  Capparis artensis
  Capparis assamica
  Capparis atlantica
  Capparis baducca L.
  Capparis batianoffii
  Capparis beneolens
  Capparis bodinieri
  Capparis brachybotrya
  Capparis brassii
  Capparis brevispina
  Capparis burmanica
  Capparis buwaldae
  Capparis callophylla
  Capparis canescens
  Capparis crotonantha Standl.
  Capparis cynophallophora L. – Jamaican caper
  Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. (= C. aphylla) – karir (kirir, k(h)air, karril, etc.)
  Capparis discolor J.D.Smith
  Capparis elegans Mart.
  Capparis fascicularis DC.
  Capparis fascicularis var. fascicularis
  Capparis frondosa Jacq.
  Capparis grandis
  Capparis heyneana
  Capparis humistrata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  Capparis indica (L.) Druce
  Capparis incana Kunth – Hoary caper
  Capparis lasiantha R.Br. ex DC.
  Capparis loranthifolia narrow-leaf bumble-tree
  Capparis lucida (DC.) R.Br. ex Benth.
  Capparis masaikai Levl. – Mabinlang
  Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh
  Capparis micracantha DC.
  Capparis micrantha A.Rich.
  Capparis mirifica Standl.
  Capparis mitchellii Lindl. – "wild orange" (Australia), merne atwakeye (Arrernte)
  Capparis mollicella Standl.
  Capparis monantha
  Capparis moonii Wight
  Capparis multiflora
  Capparis nilgiriensis
  Capparis nobilis (Endl.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - devil's guts (Norfolk Island)
  Capparis ornans F.Muell. ex Benth.
  Capparis pachyphylla Jacobs
  Capparis panamensis Iltis
  Capparis prisca J.F.Macbr.
  Capparis pyrifolia Lam. – Pea-leaved caper
  Capparis radula Gagnep.
  Capparis roxburghii
  Capparis sandwichiana DC. – Hawaiian caper, Maiapilo, Pua pilo (Hawaiʻi endemic)
  Capparis sepiaria L. – a cryptic species complex
  Capparis sepiaria var. citrifolia (Lam.) Tölken
  Capparis sepiaria var. subglabra (Oliv.) De Wolf
  Capparis shanesiana F.Muell.
  Capparis sola  (Peru)
  Capparis spinosa L. – Caper
  Capparis spinosa ssp. nummularia – Wild passionfruit, merne arrutnenge (Arrernte)
  Capparis sprucei Eichler
  Capparis tchaourembensis
  Capparis tenera
  Capparis thorelii
  Capparis thozetiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  Capparis tomentosa Lam.
  Capparis tonkinensis Gagnep.
  Capparis trichocarpa
  Capparis trinervia
  Capparis trisonthiae
  Capparis umbonata northern wild orange
  Capparis uniflora Woodson
  Capparis zeylanica L. (= C. linearis Blanco) – kapchip (Wayuunaiki)
  Capparis zoharyi
caption: Drawing of Capparis "sepiaria", showing its parts. Francisco Manuel Blanco, Flora de Filipinas, etc. (1880-1883)
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