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Volume 93, Number 1 Inocencio et al. 143
2006 Revision of Capparis Sect. Capparis

Figure 7. Details of the new subspecies Capparis sicula subsp. mesopotamica Inocencio, D. Rivera, Obo ´n, & Alcaraz.
—A. Stem and flower. —B. Detail of leaf and stipules. (A, B drawn by J.-A. Barren ˜a from Furse 9021, K.)
Shrub procumbent; twigs straight, up to 2 m long, deep; stamens 100 to 150, anthers 2–2.5 mm, with
yellowish green; internodes 0.5–3.5 cm; stipules acute apices. Fruit oblong, pulp red; ripe seeds brown,
curved, retrorse, not decurrent, yellow-orange, 0.2– 2.8–3 3 2.4–2.8 3 1.7–2 mm.
0.4 cm long, 0.1–0.2 cm wide at the base. Leaves
Illustrations. Townsend & Guest (1980: pl. in
obovate or oblong, 2.2–3.5 3 1.3–2.5 cm, herba-
front of the title page).
ceous; indument very lax, trichomes thin and short,
Phenology. Flowering and fruiting from July to
100–250 3 15–20 mm; leaf veins prominent; base September.
acute, apices acute or rounded; mucro long, 1– Distribution and habitat. Irano-Turanian Region.
1.5 mm, straight; petioles short, 0.5–0.7 cm. Flower Extending somewhat into the Mediterranean and
buds rounded or slightly acute; floral pedicels slender Saharo-Arabian Regions. Middle East [Iran, Iraq,
and short, 3–4.5 cm; flowers zygomorphic; abaxial Israel, Syria]. Sandstone, often near orchards and
(odd) sepal galeate, 1.2–1.8 cm long, 0.6–0.8 cm groves, at elevations from 0 to 2300 m.