Caper family : CAPPARACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush (Photos: courtesy Valda Dedman)	Capparis arborea Australian Pomegranate December 2008, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney	Capparis canescens Wild Orange Biloela, June 2010 Photos: courtesy of Martin Bennett	Capparis lasiantha Nepine Woleebee, October 2010 Photos: courtesy of Martin Bennett
Capparis mitchellii Australian Native Orange Photos: courtesy of Don Ashton and Martin Bennett	Capparis sarmentosa Scrambing Caper Perrys Knob, October 2012 Photos: courtesy of Martin Bennett	Capparis sepiaria Hedge Caper Bush, Magnetic Island, Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Capparis spinosa Capers Photo : courtesy of Ellen Reid, The Bible Museum, St Arnaud, Victoria

Cleome spinosa Spider Flower Concord, January 2007

Cleome viscosa Tickweed Magnetic Island, Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

A number of Australian Lepidoptera have larvae that feed on plants in CAPPARACEAE, including:

Appias ada	Appias albina	Elodina padusa	Elodina perdita	Elodina queenslandica
Elodina walkeri	Elodina parthia	Elodina angulipennis	Belenois java	Cepora perimale

Leptosia nina

Pieris rapae

Styphlolepis leucosticta

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 5 January 2013, 1 March 2015)