Cynophalla flexuosa

Cynophalla flexuosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Capparaceae
Genus: Cynophalla
Species: Cynophalla flexuosa

Name

Cynophalla flexuosa (L.) J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 275 1825.

Synonyms

• Capparis brevisiliqua Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
• Capparis diversifolia Sessé & Moc.
• Capparis eucalyptifolia Haught
• Capparis eustachiana Jacq.
• Capparis flexuosa (L.) L.
• Capparis flexuosa var. cordifolia Kitan.
• Capparis flexuosa var. saligna (Vahl) Fawc. & Rendle
• Capparis lanceolata Ruiz, Pav. apud Lopez
• Capparis mollis Kunth
• Capparis saligna Vahl
• Capparis sinclairii Benth.
• Capparis subbiloba Kunth
• Capparis uncinata Lodd. ex Eichl.
• olicodendron anceps Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
• Cynophalla mollis J. Presl
• Morisonia flexuosa L.
• Pleuteron torulosa Rafin.
• Uterveria eustachiana (Jacq.) Bertol.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Florida) Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Peru, Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas?, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira?, Trujillo?, Zulia), Ecuador, Peru, Belize, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Colombia (Atlntico, Bolvar, La Guajira, Magdalena), N-Brazil (Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Sergipe), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Presl, J.S. 1825. O Přirozenosti rostlin, aneb rostlinar 2: 275.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2024. Cynophalla flexuosa. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cynophalla flexuosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 13. Reference page.  In a synonymy with Morisonia
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cynophalla flexuosa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cynophalla flexuosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Caper tree, Falseteeth , Limber tree
español: Palo De Burro

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