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|accepted_name=Quadrella jamaicensis
|accepted_authority=(Jacquin) 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
}}
|common_names=Jamaican caper tree;shrubby dog caper;zebrawood;black willow
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Capparis jamaicensis
|authority=Jacquin
|publication_title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|publication_place=23. 1760
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Capparis emarginata
|authority=A. Richard
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Capparis longifolia
|authority=Swartz
}}
|hierarchy=Capparaceae;Quadrella;Quadrella jamaicensis
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quadrella jamaicensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 198
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 1–6 m. <b>Stems</b> ± terete, lepidote (scales peltate). <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 6–21(–25) mm, nectaries present; blade ovate to ovate-elliptic, 5–15(–21) × 2.5–5(–8) cm, coriaceous, base narrowly cuneate to rounded, apex usually emarginate, sometimes acuminate or acute, abaxial surface lepidote, adaxial surface glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> (1–)2–6 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 7–18(–35) mm, lepidote. <b>Flowers</b> nocturnal, fragrant; sepals (7–)12–18 × 6–7 mm, abaxially reddish lepidote; petals creamy white to purple, elliptic-obovate, 12–18 × 10 mm; stamens 18–30, 40–50 mm (woolly basally); gynophore (1–)6–7(–9) cm. <b>Capsules</b> indehiscent, linear-cylindric, (7–)20–38 × 0.8–1.2 cm, ± regularly constricted between seeds, lepidote, scales peltate. <b>Seeds</b> (3–)6–16(–38), 7–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Coastal hammocks, disturbed coastal scrub, on bare rock
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico (Campeche;Quintana Roo);West Indies (Cuba;Jamaica);Central America.
|discussion=<p><i>Quadrella jamaicensis</i> is an ornamental with attractive flowers and mostly emarginate leaves. It is characteristic of coastal areas from central Florida (Cape Canaveral, St. Petersburg) to the Keys, Cuba, and Jamaica; it is rarely sympatric with its closest relative, Q. cynophallophora (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, in the Bahamas and Hispaniola.</p>
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name=Quadrella jamaicensis
|author=
|authority=(Jacquin) J. Presl in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Capparis emarginata;Capparis longifolia
|basionyms=Capparis jamaicensis
|family=Capparaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Coastal hammocks, disturbed coastal scrub, on bare rock
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico (Campeche;Quintana Roo);West Indies (Cuba;Jamaica);Central 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
|species=Quadrella jamaicensis
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