The use of floral characters in Capparis sect. Capparis to determine the botanical and geographical origin of capers

Autor:	Diego Rivera, Francisca Calderón, Francisco Alcaraz, Concepción Obón, Cristina Inocencio
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate Capparis Capparis spinosa North africa General Chemistry Biology biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering food.food food Botany Nectar Cultivar Analysis method Food Science Biotechnology
Zdroj:	European Food Research and Technology. 214:335-339
ISSN:	1438-2385 1438-2377
Popis:	Capers of commerce are flower buds of Capparis species, most of them presumably of the species C. spinosa and they are considered as such in international food legislation. However, in the Mediterranean countries of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, that are the main producers of capers, four different species have been detected in the commercial product: C. spinosa, C. sicula, C. orientalis and C. aegyptia. In this paper the study of morphological characters, easily detectable under optical microscope (number of stamens, anther shape, and morphology of nectary) has proven to be a simple and cheap technique to recognize the presence of the above-mentioned species in commercial capers and the relative percentages of each, this being a good indicator of the most likely geographical origin.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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