Common Names - Caper Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 39 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 700 |
Plant forms - Shrubs, herbs, rarely trees | |
World Distribution - Warm & few temperate regions | |
Comments - Capparidaceae. The largest genera are Capparis (about 150 species), Maerua (~100 species), Boscia (37 species) and Cadaba (30 species). Was under Capparales. Reassigned to Brassicales. |
1 - Apophyllum. 2 - Euadenia. 3 - Forchhammeria. |