Capparis sabiifoliaHook.f. & Thomson

WFO wfo-0000585089 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by 黃美滿
fig. a 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 200189558
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. b Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182187597
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140379370
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 139687500
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131602760
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99298470
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101857167
Capparis sabiifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 65717625

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Capparis sabiifolia is native: China South-Central, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralHainanTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaLaosMyanmarThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Capparis sabiifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Capparis acutifolia subsp. sabiifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) M.Jacobs
  • Capparis vientianensis Gagnep.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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