Taxon Details: Quadrella isthmensis (Eichler) Hutch.
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Family:
Capparaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Capparaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Quadrella isthmensis (Eichler) Hutch.
Quadrella isthmensis (Eichler) Hutch.
Primary Citation:
Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 308. 1967
Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 308. 1967
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Author: Xavier Cornejo
Description: Shrubs or trees, to 10 m tall, covered by lepidote-peltate trichomes throughout. Leaves spirally arranged; petioles to 4 cm long; blades oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, (6-)8-21(-26) x (2.5-)4-8.5 cm, coriaceous, the base usually cuneate to widely rounded, the apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, corymbose; peduncles to 10 cm long, densely reddish-brown lepidote; pedicels to 45 mm long, densely reddish-brown lepidote. Flowers: buds longitudinally 4-ribbed, the calyx entirely enclosing the petals until anthesis; sepals lanceolate to ovoid, 8-20 x 5-10 mm, densely lepidote abaxially; petals ovate to elliptic, divergent, 12-18 x 7-10 mm, creamish-white to lilac or purple and densely lepidote abaxially, the apex rounded, the base subsessile; nectary scales four; stamens numerous, the filaments ca. 40-70 mm long; gynophore ca. 40-80 mm long, the ovary densely peltate-lepidote. Fruits pendular, linear-subcylindric capsules, to 60 x ca. 0.8-1.2 cm, densely lepidote, copper-brown at maturity without, bright-red to bright-orange within. Seeds with embryo green.
Common names: Camarón blanco (=white shrimp) (Zamora, 1989).
Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama from sea level to 900 m.
Ecology: In dry, moist and wet forests.
Phenology: In Costa Rica, this species has been observed with fruits from Jul to Sep (Zamora, 1989) while on the Osa Peninsula it has been collected with flowers from Sep to Nov, and with fruits from Jun to Dec and Mar.
Pollination: Not recorded.
Dispersal: Not recorded, but birds may eat the fruits and disperse the seeds.
Taxonomic notes: Quadrella isthmensis has been previously treated as Capparis cynophallophora L. (Iltis, 2001) and Capparis cynophallophora subps. isthmensis (Eichler) H. H. Iltis (Zamora, 1989), the latter is a nomen nudum.
Conservation: Least Concern (LC).
Uses: Not recorded.
Etymology: Not recorded.
Author: Xavier Cornejo
Description: Shrubs or trees, to 10 m tall, covered by lepidote-peltate trichomes throughout. Leaves spirally arranged; petioles to 4 cm long; blades oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, (6-)8-21(-26) x (2.5-)4-8.5 cm, coriaceous, the base usually cuneate to widely rounded, the apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, corymbose; peduncles to 10 cm long, densely reddish-brown lepidote; pedicels to 45 mm long, densely reddish-brown lepidote. Flowers: buds longitudinally 4-ribbed, the calyx entirely enclosing the petals until anthesis; sepals lanceolate to ovoid, 8-20 x 5-10 mm, densely lepidote abaxially; petals ovate to elliptic, divergent, 12-18 x 7-10 mm, creamish-white to lilac or purple and densely lepidote abaxially, the apex rounded, the base subsessile; nectary scales four; stamens numerous, the filaments ca. 40-70 mm long; gynophore ca. 40-80 mm long, the ovary densely peltate-lepidote. Fruits pendular, linear-subcylindric capsules, to 60 x ca. 0.8-1.2 cm, densely lepidote, copper-brown at maturity without, bright-red to bright-orange within. Seeds with embryo green.
Common names: Camarón blanco (=white shrimp) (Zamora, 1989).
Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama from sea level to 900 m.
Ecology: In dry, moist and wet forests.
Phenology: In Costa Rica, this species has been observed with fruits from Jul to Sep (Zamora, 1989) while on the Osa Peninsula it has been collected with flowers from Sep to Nov, and with fruits from Jun to Dec and Mar.
Pollination: Not recorded.
Dispersal: Not recorded, but birds may eat the fruits and disperse the seeds.
Taxonomic notes: Quadrella isthmensis has been previously treated as Capparis cynophallophora L. (Iltis, 2001) and Capparis cynophallophora subps. isthmensis (Eichler) H. H. Iltis (Zamora, 1989), the latter is a nomen nudum.
Conservation: Least Concern (LC).
Uses: Not recorded.
Etymology: Not recorded.