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Capparaceae
Quadrella

not marked as a favorite taxon Quadrella jamaicensis (Jacquin) J. Presl. Common name: Jamaica Caper. Phenology: Mar-Aug; Jun-Oct. Habitat: Coastal berms, maritime hammocks, rockland hammocks, shell mounds, disturbed uplands. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Swan and Cayman Islands, Hispaniola).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species is closely related to Q. cynophallophora, with which it is sometimes combined (see synonymy); the most recent monographers (Iltis & Cornejo 2010a; Iltis & Cornejo 2010b) maintain it as separate.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA7, Cornejo (2019), Iltis & Cornejo (2010a), Iltis & Cornejo (2010b); = Capparis cynophallophora L. — S; = Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. — S13, WH3; = Morisonia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng — Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); < Capparis cynophallophora L.; < Quadrella cynophallophora (L.) Hutch. — WI. Basionym: Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. 1760

Links to other floras: = Quadrella jamaicensis - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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