Capparis spinosa subsp. sicula
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherEreikoussa (Georgiadis 1985 as C. spinosa)
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Gutermann 1991 as C. spinosa subsp. canescens)
Paxos (Georgiadis & al. 1986 as C. spinosa)
Antipaxos
Lefkada (Strid & Tan 2002 as C. spinosa subsp. spinosa)
Meganisi
Kalamos
Kastos
Atokos
Ithaka (Karavias Grivas 1849 as »Cappero«)
Echinades
! ! ... approved by field observationCephalonia (Dallaporta 1821 as C. spinosa)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Margot & Reuter 1839 as C. spinosa)
Strofades
Annotation: Capparis spinosa subsp. sicula (or var. canescens; cf. Fici 2014) is only weakly differentiated from subsp. spinosa, which in leaf shape is similar to C. orientalis, and mainly known from the West Mediterranean. Further observations are needed to elucidate the presence of true subsp. spinosa on the Ionian Islands. Taxonomically it includes autochthonous populations of S. Italy and Sicily as well as the cultivated strains of the caper bush (with bigger flower buds and large corollas). [2016-04-29]
Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")
linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:
PFB: | Capparis sicula |
FE: | Capparis ovata |
FE2: | Capparis spinosa var. canescens |
AFE: | Capparis ovata |
FH: | Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa |
VPG: | Capparis sicula |