Cynophalla flexuosa (Linnaeus) J. Presl. Common name: Bay-leaved Caper-tree, Limber Caper, Bayleaf Caper. Habitat: Coastal berms, tropical hammocks (maritime, rockland, and xeric), shell mounds. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA7, K4, Mex, WI, Cornejo (2019); = Capparis cynophallophora L. — S13; = Capparis flexuosa (L.) L. — Bah, Fl4, S, WH3; = Morisonia flexuosa L. — Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018). Basionym: Morisonia flexuosa L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Cynophalla flexuosa - FNA7
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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