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Accession Data:

Quadrella cyanophallophora (L.) Hutch.

  • Common Name: Jamaican Caper
  • Family: Capparaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Capparis cynophallophora L.

  • Country of Origin: caribbean and s. Florida

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501358
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1316 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Brassicales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Capparaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

References (internal):

  • Moth pollination (phalaenophily)
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Panama / Bahamas / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Netherlands Antilles / Puerto Rico / Windward Is. / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
  2. Capparis cyanophallophora at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, April 27, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:15:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Quadrella cyanophallophora

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Current Accessions in the Capparaceae

  • Cadaba aphylla
  • Quadrella cyanophallophora
W/C = Wild Collected
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