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Capparis batianoffii

Capparis batianoffii
Photo: The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Capparaceae (Cappar family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Capparis batianoffii is a species of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae, which was first described in 2008 by Gordon Guymer. The species epithet honours G.N. Batianoff who collected the holotype. It is found only in Queensland.

This is a climbing shrub, growing to 6 ft tall. The leaves are simple and in the one plane. Both stem and leaves are covered in sandy-coloured hairs.

Where it grows

This species is only known to occur in Central Queensland on Gloucester Island in the Gloucester Island National Park. It is found in the regional ecosystem 8.12.11 containing Araucarian vine thickets on slopes on granitic boulders near sea level to 400 meters in elevation.

Other Capparis plants

Capparis acutifolia · Brush Caper Berry · Native Caper · Sodada · Capers · Capparis fascicularis · Split-arse-jack · Capparis loranthifolia · Capparis lucida · Capparis masaikai · Capparis micracantha · Capparis micrantha

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capparis batianoffii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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