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|accepted_name=Quincula
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Atlantic J.
|place=1: 145. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|common_names=Purple ground-cherry
|basionyms=
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Quincula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quincula]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin quinc-, five, and -ula, diminutive, alluding to opaque spots on corolla as compared to dark spots in Physalis
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, sparsely to densely covered with stalked white vesicles. <b>Stems</b> erect, weakly decumbent, or prostrate, branched from base and at most nodes. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; blade margins entire or sinuate to deeply pinnately incised. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, usually 2–4-flowered clusters, sometimes solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx accrescent, campanulate, lobes 5, broadly triangular, completely and loosely enclosing berry; corolla usually purple, rarely white, radial, rotate, lobes relatively short; stamens inserted near base of corolla tube, equal; anthers basifixed, narrowly elliptic, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-carpellate; style slender, slightly curved to 1 side; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globose, dry. <b>Seeds</b> angular. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw;sc United States;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p>Quincula can be distinguished from other North American physaloid genera (Calliphysalis, Chamaesaracha, Leucophysalis, Oryctes, Physalis) by its purple, rarely white, corollas with five opaque spots, and stalked white vesicles scattered on the stems, foliage, and calyces.</p>
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name=Quincula
|author=Janet R. Sullivan
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
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|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=sw;sc United States;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Atlantic J.
|publication year=1832
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|genus=Quincula
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