Morisonia hastata is a species of flowering plant in the caper family, Capparaceae. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, including the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia, and eastern Brazil.[1]

Morisonia hastata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Morisonia
Species:
M. hastata
Binomial name
Morisonia hastata
(Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng (2018)
Synonyms[1]
  • Capparis coccolobifolia Mart. ex Eichler (1865)
  • Capparis collina J.R.Johnst. (1905)
  • Capparis flexuosa f. hastata (Jacq.) Dugand (1941)
  • Capparis hastata Jacq. (1760)
  • Capparis latifolia (Griseb.) A.Stahl (1884)
  • Cynophalla hastata (Jacq.) J.Presl (1825)

References

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  • Roger Graveson (2012), Plants of Saint Lucia: Wild Flowering Plants