Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa var. aegyptia (Oman)

Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa var. aegyptia (Lam.) Boissier (1867: 420). C. aegyptia Lamarck (1785: 605). C. spinosa subsp. aegyptia (Lam.) Kit Tan & Runemark in Tan (2002: 114). Lectotype (designated by Inocencio et al. 2006): Egypt. “Lippi a observé ce Caprier en Egypte (v. s. in herb Isn.)” (lectotype P–JU).

C. sinaica Veill. in Duhamel (1801: 144). Lectotype (designated by Rivera et al. 2003b): “T. 112 in Shaw, Cat. Pl. Variis Afr. (1738)”.
C. spinosa var. pubescens Zohary (1960: 53). Type: EGYPT. Galala, 7 December 1944, Davis 8062 (holotype K), syn. nov.
C. spinosa var. aravensis Zohary (1960: 53). Type: ISRAEL. Judaean Desert, Ein Fara, 26 December 1942, Davis 5048 (holotype E,
isotype K).
C. spinosa var. deserti Zohary (1960: 54). C. deserti (Zohary) Täckholm & Boulos (1974: 14). Type: EGYPT. Wadi Nosz, entrance to Wadi
Lehiani (Bir Derheba), 27 March 1944, Davis & Feinbrun 5076–7 (holotype HUJ).
C. zoharyi Inocencio, D. Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz in Inocencio et al. (2006: 145). Type: SPAIN. El Llano del Beal, Murcia, 7 July 1999,
Inocencio 42689 (holotype UMH, paratypes Inocencio & Alcaraz 70102, 70103, 48689, K, E, MO), syn. nov.
C. hierosolymitana Danin (2010: 181). Type: Israel. Jerusalem, walls facing west of Old Jerusalem, 27 July 1999, [Danin] (holotype
HUJ, isotypes E, B, PAL, K), syn. nov.

as per A taxonomic revision of the Capparis spinosa group (Capparaceae) from the Mediterraneanto Central Asia Phytotaxa 174 (1): 001–024 (2014) by SILVIO FICI

Distribution:—Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Fig. 2). Also recorded in Iran, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Qatar (Zohary 1960, Maire 1965, Elamin 1983,Le Floc’h et al. 2010) as per A taxonomic revision of the Capparis spinosa group (Capparaceae) from the Mediterraneanto Central Asia Phytotaxa 174 (1): 001–024 (2014) by SILVIO FICI

Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Lebanon, Egypt (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt), Iran (S-Iran), Iraq (S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (Rift Valley), Jordania (S-Jordania), Kuwait, Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iran, Afghanistan, Seychelles, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Socotra, N-Chad, India (Gujarat), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Karachi), Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia as per Catalogue of Life;

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Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : Capparis cartilaginea : Oman : 040913 : AK-9 :  Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Sharing pictures of Capparis cartilaginea from Muscat, Oman.

Thanks for sharing … This is new addition to my database. I think it is also found in India.

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Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa var. aegyptia as per details herein.

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I am enclosing some clips since I am still confused !

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Pl. check latest publication references at my given efi page.

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Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : Capparis For ID – Purple Plant : Oman : 040913 : AK-10 : Attachments (7). 4 posts by 3 authors.

I found these small plants earlier this year in Muscat, purple in color growing on rocks which have been cut recently to make a road.

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A taxonomic revision of the Capparis spinosa group (Capparaceae) from the Mediterraneanto Central Asia Phytotaxa 174 (1): 001–024 (2014) by SILVIO FICI