Capparis micracantha
| Capparis micracantha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Capparis |
| Species: | C. micracantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Capparis micracantha DC. | |
Cappparis micracantha[1] is a species of flowering plant in the caper family (Capparaceae). It grows as a shrub or small tree, sometimes with a more or less climbing habit.
It is native to Southeast Asia - the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Indonesia and the Philippines. Certain parts of the plant are locally used as a source of medicines and rarely for food.[2]
Subspecies
The nominate subspecies is listed together with C. m. korthalsiana (Miq.) M.Jacobs in the Catalogue of Life;[3] C. micracantha var. henryi (Matsum.) M.Jacobs (a synonym of C. henryi) is accepted in the Plant List.[4]
Gallery
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Capparis micracantha. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Capparis micracantha |
References
- ↑ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
- ↑ "Capparis micracantha tropicalthefernsinfo".
- ↑ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ The Plant List
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.