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Family: Capparaceae
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Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales
Sixteen genera and 480 species (warm and
tropical regions of the world), of which eight genera and 46 species
are native to southern Africa and an additional genus and two
species are
cultivated in the region. 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 native to 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
10 are native to
southern Africa. |
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Cadaba
Thirty species (Old World tropics), of
which five are native to southern Africa. |
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Capparis
About 250 species (tropics and
subtropics worldwide), of which seven are native to
southern Africa and an additional species is cultivated
in the region. Capers are the unopened buds of
Capparis spinosa (Caper bush). This species is
native to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean region and has not been
recorded as being cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Cladostemon
One species:
Cladostemon kirkii
(Tonga kierie), native to Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal
and Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Maerua
About 100 species (tropical Asia,
India and Africa), of which 20 species are
native to southern Africa. |
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Ritchiea
Thirty species in tropical Africa, of
which one is native to southern Africa: Ritchiea
albersii, recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Thilachium
About 10 species (east coast of
Africa, and Madagascar), of which one,
Thilachium
africanum, is native to southern Africa (Mpumalanga,
KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland). See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Crateva religiosa (Barna)
Native from tropical Africa to Polynesia |
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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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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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