- Family:
- Capparaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Morisonia Plum. ex L.
Morisonia cynophallophora (L.) Christenh. & Byng

Native to:
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Capparis breynia f. atropurpurea Bello
- Capparis breynia f. rosea Bello
- Capparis cynophallophora L.
- Capparis cynophallophora f. angustifolia Eichler
- Capparis cynophallophora subsp. brevipetiolata Kitan.
- Capparis cynophallophora var. cuneata Malme
- Capparis cynophallophora f. emarginata Schltdl.
- Capparis cynophallophora f. intermedia Hassl.
- Capparis cynophallophora f. latifolia Eichler
- Capparis cynophallophora subsp. linearifolia Kitan.
- Capparis cynophallophora f. microphylla Eichler
- Capparis cynophallophora f. ovalifolia Schltdl.
- Capparis cynophallophora var. paraguariensis Chodat
- Capparis cynophallophora var. praemorsa Rizzini
- Capparis cynophallophora var. puberula Rizzini
- Capparis emarginata A.Rich.
- Capparis gonaivensis Helwig
- Capparis jamaicensis Jacq.
- Capparis jamaicensis var. emarginata Griseb.
- Capparis jamaicensis f. longifolia Radlk.
- Capparis jamaicensis f. neriifolia Radlk.
- Capparis jamaicensis f. obovata Radlk.
- Capparis jamaicensis f. ovata Radlk.
- Capparis jamaicensis var. siliquosa (L.) Griseb.
- Capparis jamaicensis f. sublanceolata Radlk.
- Capparis longifolia Sw.
- Capparis obtusa Raf.
- Capparis pauciflora Kunth
- Capparis siliquosa L.
- Capparis torulosa Sw.
- Capparis uncinata Lodd. ex Eichl.
- Capparis verticillaris Turcz.
- Colicodendron anceps Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
- Cynophalla pauciflora (Kunth) J.Presl
- Morisonia gonaivensis (Helwig) Christenh. & Byng
- Morisonia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Morisonia siliquosa (L.) Christenh. & Byng
- Pleuteron hastata Raf.
- Pleuteron siliquosa (L.) Raf.
- Pleuteron torulosa (Sw.) Raf.
- Quadrella cynophallophora (L.) Hutch.
- Quadrella cynophallophora f. linearifolia Iltis
- Quadrella gonaivensis (Helwig) Hutch.
- Quadrella jamaicensis (Jacq.) J.Presl
- Quadrella jamaicensis f. longifolia (Sw.) Iltis
- Quadrella siliquosa (L.) Iltis & Cornejo
- Quadrella torulosa (Sw.) J.Presl
- Uterveria cynophallophora (L.) Bertol.
Morisonia cynophallophora (L.) Christenh. & Byng appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Rugel [24], Florida | Capparis cynophallophora | K000651039 | Yes |
First published in Global Fl. 4: 139 (2018)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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- Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
- Iltis, H.H. & Cornejo, X. (2010). Studies in Capparaceae XXVIII: the Quadrella cynophallophora complex. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4: 93-115.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0