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|accepted_name=Capraria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 628. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Goat’s head
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pogostoma
|authority=Schrader
|rank=genus
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|name=Xuarezia
|authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Capraria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Capraria]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin capri, goat, and -arius, pertaining to, alluding to consumption by goats
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 324, 325, 332
|treatment_page=page 334
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Subshrubs; stolons absent, taproot woody. <b>Stems</b> erect, glabrous or glabrate to hirsute [densely glandular-pubescent]. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, mostly cauline, alternate; stipules absent; petiole absent; blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins serrate distally, surfaces with punctate glands and internal secretory oil cavities. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, racemes; bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals 5, ± distinct, lanceolate, calyx radially symmetric, rotate; petals [4]5, corolla white, sometimes with scattered purple spots inside, radially or bilaterally symmetric, rotate or tubular-funnelform, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2; stamens 4 or 5, adnate to base of corolla tube, didynamous or equal, filaments glabrous, staminode 0; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma ellipsoid [reniform]. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, elliptic, dehiscence loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 90–120, brown, ovoid, wings absent. <b>x</b> = 14 or 15.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands;introduced also in Africa (Cape Verde Islands;Ghana);Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius).
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Capraria</i> is unique in Scrophulariaceae in having alternate leaves with surfaces with punctate glands and with internal oil-secreting cavities.</p><!--
--><p>A molecular study by E. Gándara and V. Sosa (2013) showed that, depending on how <i>Leucophyllum</i> is defined, <i>Capraria</i> may either be considered nested within a broadly defined <i>Leucophyllum</i> or retained as a separate genus, as treated here.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Stems and leaf blades hirsute to glabrate or glabrous; leaf blades spatulate; flowers bilaterally symmetric, 10–13 mm; corollas white with scattered purple spots inside, tubular-funnelform, villous inside; stamens 4(or 5), didynamous; styles included.
|[[Capraria biflora|Capraria biflora]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems and leaf blades glabrous; leaf blades lanceolate; flowers radially symmetric, 8–10 mm; corollas white, rotate, glabrous; stamens 5, equal; styles exserted.
|[[Capraria mexicana|Capraria mexicana]]
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Capraria
|author=Justin K. Williams
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Pogostoma;Xuarezia
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|illustrator=Linny Heagy
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands;introduced also in Africa (Cape Verde Islands;Ghana);Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_24.xml
|genus=Capraria
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