Capparis ovata, Desf.
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Capparis ovata |
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2. C. ovata Desf. , Fl. Atl. 1: 404 (1798)
(inch C. sicula Duh. ).
Leaves sometimes slightly pubescent, petiolate, oblong to elliptical or ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, distinctly
mucronate. Stipular spines weak or strong, straight or curved, occasionally absent. Flowers 4-5 cm in diameter, strongly zygomorphic. Hills and cliffs. Arid areas in the Mediterranean region. Al BI Cr Gr Hs It Ju Si Tu.
The European plant is almost entirely var. canescens (Cosson) Heywood , with leaves oblong to elliptical, stems and buds pubescent, and stipular spines strong and curved. It hybridizes with var. ovata (which is otherwise confined to N.W. Africa) in Sicilia. Var. ovata has ovate leaves and straight stipular spines.
The recognition of the above two species is tentative; intermediates occur between them and parallel variations are frequent. The geographical distribution, which is complicated by the secondary area of C. spinosa due to cultivation, does not fit intoa subspecific pattern.
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Capparis ovata
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
C. ovata
| Desf. 1798: 404 |