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|accepted_name=Quadrella
|accepted_authority=(de Candolle) J. Presl in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl, Prir. Rostlin
|place=2: 260. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Capparis sect. Quadrella
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=section
|publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication_place=1: 251. 1824
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Capparis subg. Quadrella
|authority=(de Candolle) Eichler
|rank=subgenus
}}
|hierarchy=Capparaceae;Quadrella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Capparaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quadrella]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin quadra, a square, and - ella, diminutive, alluding to perianth
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 195, 198
|treatment_page=page 197
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees [rarely vines], evergreen [deciduous]; lepidote (scales peltate) and/or hairy (trichomes stellate). <b>Stems</b> erect. <b>Leaves</b>: alternate; petiole relatively long or short, nectaries present or not; blade ovate to ovate-elliptic or narrowly to broadly elliptic, or lanceolate, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, racemes or corymbs. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals equal [2 unequal pairs], each often subtending a nectary; stamens 8 or 18–30[–60]; filaments inserted on ± flat receptacle; anthers ellipsoid; gynophore slender, elongating in fruit. <b>Capsules</b> dehiscent or not, linear-cylindric, ovoid, obovoid, or globose (thick-walled). <b>Seeds</b> 1–many, usually reniform, not arillate. <b>x</b> = 8 [10].</span><!--

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|distribution=s;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 25 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Quadrella</i> is found mostly in arid places. It is characterized by indument of peltate scales or stellate hairs, and closed, valvate calyx aestivation with sepals that tend to recurve and fall off at or after anthesis.</p>
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades ovate to ovate-elliptic, apices usually emarginate, sometimes acuminate or acute; petals 12-18 mm; capsules linear-cylindric, (7-)20-38 cm, constricted between seeds; Florida.
|[[Quadrella jamaicensis|Quadrella jamaicensis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, or lanceolate, apices acuminate, acute, or barely obtuse; petals 5-6(-8) mm; capsules ovoid to obovoid or globose, 1.3-1.7(-2) cm, not constricted between seeds; Texas.
|[[Quadrella incana|Quadrella incana]]
|}
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name=Quadrella
|authority=(de Candolle) J. Presl in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Capparis subg. Quadrella
|basionyms=Capparis sect. Quadrella
|family=Capparaceae
|distribution=s;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl, Prir. Rostlin
|publication year=1825
|special status=
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|genus=Quadrella
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