Familia:Capparaceae
Genera:Anisocapparis –Apophyllum –Atamisquea –Bachmannia –Beautempsia –Belencita –Boscia –Buchholzia –Cadaba –Calanthea –Caphexandra –Capparicordis –Capparidastrum –Capparis –Cladostemon –Colicodendron –Crateva –Cynophalla –Dhofaria –Euadenia –Hispaniolanthus –Hypselandra –Maerua –Mesocapparis –Monilicarpa –Morisonia –Neocalyptrocalyx –Neocapparis –Neothorelia –Poilanedora –Preslianthus –Quadrella –Ritchiea –Sarcotoxicum –Steriphoma –Thilachium

CapparaceaeJuss. Gen. Pl. 242. (1789)nom. cons. as Capparides

• Type genus:Capparis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 503. (1753)

• CapparidaceaeAuct.
  

Note: This is a taxonomic opinion of the family summarised by Cardinal-McTeague et al. (2016), Tamboli et al. (2018) and Hassler et al. (2019). This view is rejected by The Global Flora (2018) and Plants of the World online (2019) who favourMorisonia as the sole New World segregate fromCapparis s.l.. However, Cornejo (2018) presents a robust defence of the above circumscription firmly rejecting the opinions of Christenhusz et al. (2018). It is now recognised that this is a taxonomic opinion and that the science both supports the dismantling of Capparaceae and leaving it in its traditional sense.

• Jussieu, A.L. de 1789.Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois.BHLReference page.  p. 242.

• Cardinal-McTeague, W.M.,Sytsma, K.J. &Hall, J.C. 2016. Biogeography and diversification of Brassicales: a 103 million year tale.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 204-224.DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.021PDFReference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M.,Fay, M.F. &Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4:Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford.ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3PDFReference page. 
• Cornejo, X. 2018. Notes on the nomenclature of neotropical Capparaceae: An answer to Global Flora.Harvard Papers in Botany 23(2): 179-185.DOI:10.3100/hpib.v23iss2.2018.n3PDFReference page. 
• Cornejo, X. &Iltis, H.H. 2008. Two new genera of Capparaceae:Sarcotoxicum andMesocapparis stat. nov., and the reinstatement ofNeocalyptrocalyx.Harvard Papers in Botany 13(1): 103-117.DOI:10.3100/1043-4534(2008)13[103:TNGOCS]2.0.CO;2PDF from ResearchGateReference page. 
• Hall, J.C. 2008. Systematics of Capparaceae and Cleomaceae: an evaluation of the generic delimitations ofCapparis andCleome using plastid DNA sequence data.Botany 86(7): 682-696.DOI: 10.1139/B08-026Reference page. 
• Iltis, H.H.,Hall, J.C.,Cochrane, T.S. &Sytsma, K.J. 2011. Studies in the Cleomaceae I: On the separate recognition of Capparaceae, Cleomaceae, and Brassicaceae.Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98(1): 28–36.DOI:10.3417/2007017Reference page. 
• Maurya, S.,Cornejo, X.,Lee, C.,Kim, S.Y. &Choudhary, R.K., 2023. Molecular phylogenetic tools reveal the phytogeographic history of the genusCapparis L. and suggest its reclassification.Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 58: p.125720.DOI:10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125720Reference page. 
• Tamboli, A.S.,Yadav, P.B.,Gothe, A.A.,Yadav, S.R. &Govindwar, S.P. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and genetic diversity of genusCapparis (Capparaceae) based on plastid DNA sequences and ISSR markers.Plant Systematics and Evolution 304(2): 205-217.DOI:10.1007/s00606-017-1466-zReference page. 

• Govaerts, R.et al. 2019.Capparaceae inKew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 9.Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019.Capparaceae.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In:Roskovh, Y.,Abucay, L.,Orrell, T.,Nicolson, D.,Bailly, N.,Kirk, P.,Bourgoin, T.,DeWalt, R.E.,Decock, W.,De Wever, A.,Nieukerken, E. van,Zarucchi, J. &Penev, L., eds. 2019.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 8.Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019.Capparaceae. Published online. Accessed: June 8 2019.Reference page.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards.Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].Online.Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019.Capparaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 June 2019.

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