Biology:Capparis micracantha
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Capparis micracantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Capparis |
| Species: | C. micracantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Capparis micracantha DC.
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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 Catalogue of Life lists:[3]
- The nominate subspecies C. micracantha micracantha
- C. micracantha korthalsiana (Miq.) M.Jacobs (was C. korthalsiana Miq.)
- C. micracantha var. henryi (Matsum.) M.Jacobs (a synonym of C. henryi) is accepted in the Plant List.[4]
Gallery
References
- ↑ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
- ↑ "Capparis micracantha tropicalthefernsinfo". http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Capparis+micracantha.
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16860925. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ The Plant List
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15226408 entry
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