# Quaternella

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{{Short description|Genus of plants in the amaranth family}}
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|taxon = Quaternella
|authority = Pedersen<ref>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 92 (1990)</ref><ref name = "925298-1" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925298-1 |title=''Quaternella'' Pedersen |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>
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'''''Quaternella''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family [Amaranthaceae](/source/Amaranthaceae), endemic to Brazil.<ref name = "925298-1" /> They are shrubs or subshrubs found mostly in the [cerrado](/source/cerrado) biome.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/tax.581021 |title=An analysis of new angiosperm species discoveries in Brazil (1990-2006) |year=2009 |last1=Sobral |first1=Marcos |last2=Stehmann |first2=João Renato |journal=Taxon |volume=58 |pages=227–232 }}</ref>

==Species==
Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "925298-1" /><ref name = "Not_in_PoWO_go_figure" >{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/tax.12069 |title=Nomenclatural novelties appearing in Taxon 68 (2) |journal=Taxon |year=2019 |volume=68 |issue=2 |page=417 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*''[Quaternella confusa](/source/Quaternella_confusa)'' <small>Pedersen</small>
*''[Quaternella ephedroides](/source/Quaternella_ephedroides)'' <small>Pedersen</small>
*''[Quaternella glabratoides](/source/Quaternella_glabratoides)'' <small>(Suess.) Pedersen</small>
 
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Category:Amaranthaceae
Category:Amaranthaceae genera

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