Capparaceae
Capparaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 242. 1789. nom. cons. 'Caper Family'
Characteristic Features:
Shrubs or trees
Perianth of 4 free sepals and petals each
Stamens many
Ovary superior, sometimes with gynophore, unilocular, ovules in parietal placentation
Fruit a capsule or berry
Diversity:
World- 34 genera 449 species (The Plant List 2013); 30 genera, 324 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 31 genera, 450 species (Mabberely 2017); 35 genera, 423 species (CoL 2021)
India - 7 genera 55 species (Karthikeyan 2000; different circumscription); 8 genera, 65 species (BSI, 2021; different circumscription)
Indian Himalaya- 5 genera, 26 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 2 genera 6 species (Uniyal et al. 2007), 2 genera 7 species (Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Capparaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Capparaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order- Brassicales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass: Polypetalae
Series : Thalamiflorae
Orders : Parietales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Rhoeadales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Capparales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Order : Capparales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order: Capparanae
Order : Capparales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order: Capparanae
Order : Capparales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Myrtanae
Order : Capparales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Brassicales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Malvanae
Order : Brassicales
Suborder : Brassicineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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