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Capparaceae : The Caper Family To three species of this family have been collected in the Oapan, San Juan Tetelcingo, and Ameyaltepec area. Two belong to the genus Capparis and one to the genus Cleome. The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Capparis angustifolia, Capparis asperifolia, Capparis incana, Capparis oxysepala, Chiococca alba, Cleome tenuis, Crataeva tapia, Forchhammeria macrocarpa, Forchhammeria watsoni, and Polanisia sp. |
List of Capparaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names
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Genus species
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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| Capparis angustifolia Kunth | tekochkwitlapi:hli | tekochkwitlapi:hli | (not named) | ||
| Capparis incana Kunth | (not named) | kohxókwiyá:ktsi:n | kuwxokihya:k | ||
| Cleome cf. tenuis Watson subspecies humilis (Rose) Iltis. | tlatlachpa:nwa:htsi:n de tlatla:katl de kostik ixo:chio | tlátlachpa:nwá:stsi:n kostik i:xo:chio (de tla:katl) | (not named) |