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Fam.: Capparaceae / Caper Fam.  

Synon.:  Capparis orientalis  VEILL.

Genus:  Capparis  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   SM.:  James Edward Smith (1759 - 1828), English physician and botanist
   NYMAN:  Carl Frederik Nyman (1820 - 1893), Swedish botanist
   VEILL.:  S. Veillard (1750 - 1820), French botanist
 

Etymology:
   Capparis:   Arabic plant name
   spinosa:   spiny
   rupestris:   loving rocks
   orientalis:   Eastern, from the Orient
 

Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris / Spineless Caper, GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 2.10.2012 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 1:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris / Spineless Caper
GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 2.10.2012 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Castel Rigone 4.6.2007
Fig. 2:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Castel Rigone 4.6.2007
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Castel Rigone 4.6.2007
Fig. 3:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Castel Rigone 4.6.2007
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Fig. 4:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Fig. 5:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Fig. 6:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Fig. 7:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Fig. 8:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Noli 25.5.2013
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Fig. 9:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Fig. 10:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper, I island Elba 19.6.1996
Fig. 11:  Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ? / Spineless Caper
I island Elba 19.6.1996

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