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Quaternella

Quaternella is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, endemic to Brazil. They are shrubs or subshrubs found mostly in the cerrado biome.

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Quaternella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Quaternella
Pedersen12
Species

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Quaternella is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, endemic to Brazil.2 They are shrubs or subshrubs found mostly in the cerrado biome.3

Species

Currently accepted species include:24

  • Quaternella confusa Pedersen
  • Quaternella ephedroides Pedersen
  • Quaternella glabratoides (Suess.) Pedersen
References

References

  1. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 92 (1990)
  2. "Quaternella Pedersen". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Sobral, Marcos; Stehmann, João Renato (2009). "An analysis of new angiosperm species discoveries in Brazil (1990-2006)". Taxon. 58: 227–232. doi:10.1002/tax.581021.
  4. "Nomenclatural novelties appearing in Taxon 68 (2)". Taxon. 68 (2): 417. 2019. doi:10.1002/tax.12069.