''Crateva'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

caper ''Capparis spinosa'', the caper bush, also called Flinders rose, is a perennial plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers. The plant is best known for the edible flower buds (capers), used as a seasoning ...

family,

Capparaceae The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about ...

Species

Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii''

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

* '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva greveana''

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...

* ''

Crateva humblotii ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * ''Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mou ...

'' (Baill.) Hadj-Moust. * ''

Crateva hygrophila ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * ''Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * ''Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mou ...

Kurz Sebastian Kurz (; born 27 August 1986) is a former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria, initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021. Kurz was born and raised in ...

* '' Crateva magna'' (Lour.) DC. * ''

Crateva nurvala ''Crateva nurvala'' is an accepted name for a small tree in the genus '' Crateva'' and the family Capparaceae. However, the Catalogue of Life lists this as a synonym of '' C. magna''. Distribution The small wild or cultivated tree is widesprea ...

'' Buch.-Ham. * ''

Crateva obovata ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * ''Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mou ...

'' J.Vahl * '' Crateva palmeri'' Rose * ''

Crateva religiosa ''Crateva religiosa'', the sacred garlic pear or temple plant, is a species of flowering tree. It is a member of the capers family. The tree is sometimes called the spider tree because the showy flowers bear long, spidery stamens. It is native t ...

G.Forst. Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (, 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold F ...

* '' Crateva simplicifolia'' J.S.Mill. * '' Crateva speciosa'' Volkens * '' Crateva suaresensis''

* ''

Crateva tapia ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva greveana'' Baill. * ''Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mous ...

'' L. * '' Crateva unilocularis'' Buch.-Ham. * ''

Crateva urbaniana ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva greveana'' Baill. * ''Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mous ...

'' R.Rankin * ''

Crateva yarinacochaensis ''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva greveana'' Baill. * ''Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Mous ...

'' Cornejo & Iltis

Formerly placed here

*''

Aegiceras corniculatum ''Aegiceras corniculatum'', commonly known as black mangrove, river mangrove, goat's horn mangrove, or khalsi, is a species of shrub or tree mangrove in the primrose family, Primulaceae, with a distribution in coastal and estuarine areas rangin ...

'' (L.) Blanco (as ''C. corniculatum'' (L.) L.) *''

Aegle marmelos ''Aegle marmelos'', commonly known as bael (or ''bili'' or ''bhel''), also Bengal quince, golden apple, Japanese bitter orange, stone apple or wood apple, is a rare species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is pre ...

'' (L.) Corrêa (as ''C. marmelos'' L.)

References

External links

Capparaceae {{Brassicales-stub