Characteristics
Dicots
Quadrella jamaicensis (Jacq.)J.Presl
JAMAICAN CAPERTREE
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According to recent taxonomy, Quadrella cynophallophora (=Capparis cynophallophora) does not occur in Florida and was often misapplied to this species (Q. jamaicensis), both of which apparently intergrade together on Hispaniola (Iltis & Cornejo 2010).
Native
FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
QUADRELLA JAMAICENSIS (Jacquin) J. Presl, in Berchtold & J. Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 261. 1825.
Capparis jamaicensis Jacquin 1760.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. t. 101. 1763). Lectotypified by Al-Shehbaz, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles, Dicot. 1: 296. 1988.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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