''Morisonia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the 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 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...
, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''
Capparis
''Capparis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 142 species of shrubs or lianas which are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes. ''Capparis'' species occur over a wide range of habitat in the subtr ...
'' species due to existing taxonomic instability.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Morisonia alainiana''
(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia americana''
L.
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Morisonia amplissima''
(Lam.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia angustifolia''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia antonensis''
(Woodson) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia asperifolia
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(C.Presl) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia atamisquea
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Kuntze) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia bahiana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia bonifaziana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia brasiliana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(DC.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia calciphila
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Standl. & Steyerm.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia coimbrana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia crotonoides
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia cuatrecasasiana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Dugand) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia cynophallophora
''Morisonia cynophallophora'' (synonym ''Capparis cynophallophora''), commonly known as the Jamaican caper, is small tree in the caper family, Capparaceae, that is native to the Neotropical realm.
Description
The brand new leaves at the apical ...
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(L.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia declinata
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Vell.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia detonsa
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Triana & Planch.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia didymobotrys
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia discolor
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Donn.Sm.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia dolichopoda
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Helwig) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia domingensis
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Spreng. ex DC.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia dressleri
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia ecuadorica
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia ferruginea
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(L.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia filipes
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Donn.Sm.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia flexuosa
''Morisonia flexuosa'', the bay-leaved caper, is a 2–4 meter high shrub.
''Morisonia flexuosa'' flowers from early summer to mid summer. The flowers are white to pink, the thin petals are 1.5 cm long. The fruits are green and cylindr ...
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L.
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Morisonia frondosa''
(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia grandiflora
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia hastata
''Morisonia hastata'' is a species of flowering plant in the caper 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 fam ...
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(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia heterophylla
''Morisonia heterophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae. It is native to Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by ha ...
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(Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia heydeana
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Donn.Sm.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia humilis
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Hassl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia incana''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia indica
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(L.) ined.
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Morisonia isthmensis''
(Eichler) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia lindeniana''
(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia linearis
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia lineata''
(Dombey ex Pers.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia longifolia''
(Mart.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia lundellii
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia macrantha''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia macrophylla''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia martiana''
(Cornejo) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia matogrossensis
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Pilg.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia megalosperma
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia mirifica''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia mollicella
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia morenoi
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia multiflora''
Triana & Planch.
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Morisonia nemorosa
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia oblongifolia''
Britton
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Morisonia odoratissmia
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia osmantha''
(Diels) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia pachaca''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia panamensis''
(Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia paradoxa''
(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia peruviana''
(Spruce ex Eichler) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia petiolaris''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia pittieri''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia polyantha''
(Triana & Planch.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia pringlei
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Briq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia pulcherrima''
(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia quina''
(J.F.Macbr.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia quintanarooensis
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Iltis & Cornejo) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia quiriguensis''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia retusa''
(Griseb.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia salicifolia''
(Griseb.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia scabrida''
(Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia sclerophylla''
(Iltis & Cornejo) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia sessilis''
(Banks ex DC.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia singularis''
(R.Rankin) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia sola
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(J.F.Macbr.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia speciosa''
(Griseb.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia sprucei
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Eichler) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia stenopetala
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Urb.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia steyermarkii''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia tafallana''
(Cornejo, Iltis & Cerón) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia tarapotensis''
(Eichler) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia tenuisiliqua
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia tuxtlensis''
(Cornejo & Iltis) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia tweedieana''
(Eichler) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia urbani
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Eggers) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia valerabella
''Morisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae, found across the Americas from the United States to Argentina. They are typically shrubs or small trees. The genus was recently enlarged with New World ''Capparis'' species d ...
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(Iltis, T.Ruíz & G.S.Bunting) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia verrucosa''
(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia yco''
(Mart.) Christenh. & Byng
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Morisonia yunckeri''
(Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9035184
Brassicales genera
Flora of the Americas
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus