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Family: Capparaceae
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Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales
There are 16 genera and 480 species (warm and
tropical regions of the world), of which seven genera and 24 species
are native to southern Africa. Cleome has previously been
placed in the Capparaceae but is here placed in the
Cleomaceae. In some
classifications, members of the Capparaceae and Cleomaceae are
placed under the Brassicaceae.
Genera indigenous or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
List from Dreyer and Jordaan (2000).
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Bachmannia
One species: Bachmannia woodii,
occurring in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. |
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Boscia
There are 37 species (Africa and
Arabian Peninsula), of which nine are native to southern
Africa. |
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Cadaba
Thirty species (Old World tropics), of
which four are indigenous in southern Africa. |
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Capparis
About 250 species (tropics and
subtropics worldwide), of which five are indigenous in
southern Africa. Capers are the unopened buds of
Capparis spinosa (Caper bush). This species is
indigenous to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean region. |
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Cladostemon
One species: Cladostemon kirkii,
occurring in Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Maerua
About 100 species (tropical Asia,
India and Africa), of which |
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Thilachium
About 10 species (east coast of
Africa, and Madagascar), of which one, Thilachium
africanum, is indigenous in southern Africa (Mpumalanga,
KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland). |
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Publications
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Dreyer, L.L. & Jordaan, M. 2000a.
Capparaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 204-206.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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