Capparis lanceolaris (indigenous caper vine)

Capparis lanceolaris DC. (1824) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld.. 
Altitudinal range not known with any certainty but appears to be confined to the lower elevations between sea level and 100 m.
Grows in well developed lowland rain forest.
Also occurs in Malesia.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Cooper Wendy E, Darren M Crayn, Frank A Zich, Elizabeth M Joyce (2026 February 18)
The complex evolutionary history of Capparis L. (Capparaceae Juss.) in Australia, and the description of five new species and two new subspecies.
Australian Systematic Botany 39 SB25004. 
https://doi.org/10.1071/SB25004
Viewed: 2026 February 20th . 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Capparis lanceolaris DC. (1824): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/107526/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 May 15th and .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Capparis lanceolaris DC. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Capparis_lanceolaris.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/.
Viewed: 2025 May 15th .

• Qld. Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024. 
Capparis lanceolaris DC. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 May 15th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (109–) 110 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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