''Turnera'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in the
passionflower
''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family (biology), family Passifloraceae.
They are mostly tendril, tendril-bearing vines, with some b ...
family,
Passifloraceae
The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.
They include tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches a ...
. It contains more than 100 species native to
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and
subtropical America
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. The name honours English naturalist
William Turner (1508–1568). It was previously placed in the family
Turneraceae.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
A
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Turnera acangatinga Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas''
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Turnera acaulis1Griseb.''
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Turnera acuta2 Willd.''
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Turnera amapaensis R.S.Cowan''
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Turnera amazonica1?Arbo''
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Turnera angelicae Arbo''
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Turnera annectens2 Arbo''
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Turnera arcuata2 Urb.''
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Turnera arenaria (Spruce ex Urb.) Arbo''
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Turnera argentea2 Arbo''
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Turnera aromatica2Arbo''
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Turnera asymmetrica
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was previo ...
2Arbo''
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Turnera aurantiaca
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was previo ...
2 Benth.''
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Turnera aurelioi
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was previo ...
1 Arbo''
B
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Turnera bahiensis
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was previo ...
Urb.''
** var. ''bahiensis
2''
** var. ''truncata
2 Arbo.''
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Turnera benthamiana2 M.R.Schomb.''
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Turnera blanchetiana Urb.''
** var. ''blanchetiana
2''
** var. ''subsppicata
Urb.''
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Turnera brasiliensis2Willd. ex Schult.''
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Turnera breviflora2Moura''
C
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Turnera caatingana2 Arbo''
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Turnera callosa2 Urb.''
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Turnera campaniflora
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was previo ...
1 Arbo, Shore & S.C.H.Barrett''
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Turnera candida1 Arbo''
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Turnera castilloi2 Arbo''
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Turnera cearensis2 Urb.''
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Turnera chamaedrifolia
''Turnera chamaedrifolia'' is a species of ''Turnera
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours Engl ...
3 Cambess.''
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Turnera chrysocephala2Urb.''
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Turnera cicatricosa2 Arbo''
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Turnera cipoensis2Arbo''
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Turnera clauseniana2 Urb.''
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Turnera coccinea2 Arbo''
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Turnera coerulea2 DC.''
** var. ''coerulea
2''
** var. ''surinamensis
2 (Urb.) Arbo & Av.Fernández''
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Turnera collotricha2 Arbo''
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Turnera concinna2 Arbo''
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Turnera confertiflora
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Arbo''
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Turnera coriacea Urb.''
** var. ''solium
2''
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Turnera crulsii2 Urb.''
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Turnera cuneiformis1 Juss. ex Poir.''
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Turnera curassavica2 Urb.''
D
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Turnera dasytricha Pilg.''
** var. ''crinita
Arbo''
** var. ''dasytricha''
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Turnera diamantinae Arbo''
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Turnera dichotoma
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Gardner ex Hook.''
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Turnera diffusa
''Turnera diffusa'', known as damiana, is a shrub native to southern Texas in the United States, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. It belongs to the family Passifloraceae.
Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub th ...
Willd. ex Schult.''
** var. ''diffusa
2''
* ''
Turnera discolor2 Urb.''
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Turnera discors Arbo''
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Turnera dolichostigma2Urb.''
E
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Turnera elliptica2 Urb.''
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Turnera emendata Arbo''
F
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Turnera fasciculifolia L.Rocha & Arbo''
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Turnera fernandezii2Arbo''
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Turnera fissifolia
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was pr ...
Arbo''
* ''
Turnera foliosa2 Urb.''
G
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Turnera gardneriana1? Arbo''
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Turnera genistoides2 Cambess.''
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Turnera glabrata Arbo''
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Turnera glaziovii2 Urb.''
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Turnera gouveiana Arbo''
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Turnera grandidentata2 (Urb.) Arbo''
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Turnera grandiflora2 (Urb.) Arbo''
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Turnera guianensis
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Aubl.''
H
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Turnera harleyi
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was pr ...
2 Arbo''
* ''
Turnera hassleriana2 Urb.''
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Turnera hermannioides2 Cambess.''
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Turnera hilaireana2 Urb.''
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Turnera hindsiana2 Benth.''
** subspecies ''brachyantha
2 Arbo''
** subspecies ''hindsiana
2''
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Turnera huberi2 Arbo''
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Turnera humilis Arbo''
I
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Turnera ibateguara Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas''
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Turnera ignota2 Arbo''
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Turnera incana2 Cambess.''
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Turnera involucrata
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Arbo''
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Turnera iterata2 Arbo''
J
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Turnera jobertii
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Passiflora, passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical Americas, America. The name honours English naturalist W ...
Arbo''
* ''
Turnera joelii2 Arbo''
K
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Turnera krapovickasii2 Arbo''
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Turnera kuhlmanniana2 Arbo''
L
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Turnera laciniata2 Arbo''
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Turnera lamiifolia2 Cambess.''
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Turnera lanceolata2 Cambess.''
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Turnera leptosperma2 Urb.''
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Turnera lineata2? Urb.''
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Turnera longiflora2 Cambess.''
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Turnera longipes2 Triana ex Urb.''
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Turnera lucida
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
1 Urb.''
* ''
Turnera luetzelburgii Sleumer''
** var. ''dubia
2 Arbo''
** var. ''luetzelburgii
2''
M
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Turnera macrophylla3 Urb.''
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Turnera macrosperma L.Rocha & Arbo''
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Turnera maigualidensis J.R.Grande & Arbo''
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Turnera melanorhiza2 Urb.''
** var. ''arenaria
2''
** var. ''latifolia
2''
** var. ''melochioides
2''
** var. ''rugosa
2''
* ''
Turnera melochia Triana & Planch.''
** var. ''melochia''
** var. ''ramosissima
(Spruce ex Urb.) Arbo''
* ''
Turnera melochioides Cambess.''
** var. ''latifolia
Urb.''
** var. ''melochioides
2''
** var. ''rugosa
Arbo''
N
* ''
Turnera nervosa2 Urb.''
O
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Turnera oblongifolia2 Cambess.''
** var. ''goyanzensis
2''
(Urb.) Arbo
** var. ''oblongifolia
2''
* ''
Turnera occidentalis1 Arbo & Shore''
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Turnera oculata
''Turnera oculata'' is a species of evergreen, woody shrub, bearing striking yellow flowers with a dark centre, and occurring in the Kaokoveld in the Namib Desert in northern Namibia and in southern Angola. It is one of some 130 species occurrin ...
Story''
** var. ''oculata
1''
** var. ''paucipilosa''
(Oberm.)
* ''
Turnera odorata
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Rich.''
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Turnera opifera2 Mart.''
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Turnera orientalis1 (Urb.) Arbo''
P
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Turnera panamensis
''Turnera panamensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family. It is native to Central America and Northwestern Colombia.
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15612801
panamensis ...
2Urb''
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Turnera paradoxa Arbo''
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Turnera paruana
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was pr ...
2 Arbo''
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Turnera patens Arbo''
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Turnera pinifolia1 Cambess.''
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Turnera pohliana2 Urb.''
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Turnera prancei2 Arbo''
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Turnera pumilea L.''
** var. ''piauhyensis
2 Urb.''
** var. ''pumilea
1''
* ''
Turnera purpurascens2 Arbo''
R
* ''
Turnera reginae2 Arbo''
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Turnera revoluta
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Urb.''
* ''
Turnera riedeliana2 Urb.''
* ''
Turnera rosulata
''Turnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508–1568). It was prev ...
2 Arbo''
* ''
Turnera rupestris Aubl.''
** var. ''frutescemces
(Aubl.) Urb.''
** var. ''rupestris
2''
S
* ''
Turnera sancta2 Arbo''
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Turnera scabra2 Millsp.''
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Turnera serrata Vell.''
** var. ''brevifolia
2 Urb.''
** var. ''latifolia
Urb.''
** var. ''serrata
2''
* ''
Turnera sidoides L.''
** subsp. ''carnea
3 (Cambess.) Arbo''
** subsp. ''holosericea
3 (Urb.) Arbo''
** subsp. ''integrifolia
2 (Griseb.) Arbo''
** subsp. ''pinnatifida
2 (Juss. ex Poir.) Arbo''
** subsp. ''sidoides
3''
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Turnera simulans2 Arbo''
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Turnera stachydifolia Urb. & Rolfe''
** var. ''flexuosa
Urb.''
** var. ''stachydifolia
2''
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Turnera stenophylla2 Urb.''
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Turnera steyermarkii2 Arbo''
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Turnera stipularis2 Urb.''
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Turnera subnuda2 Urb.''
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Turnera subulata2 Sm.''
T
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Turnera tapajoensis1?Moura''
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Turnera tenuicaulis2 Urb.''
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Turnera thomasii1 (Urb.) Story''
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Turnera triglandulosa Millsp.''
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Turnera trigona2 Urb.''
U
* ''
Turnera uleana2 Urb.''
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Turnera ulmifolia
''Turnera ulmifolia'', the ramgoat dashalong or yellow alder, is a species of plant of family Passifloraceae, native to Mexico and the West Indies. A recent study found that yellow alder potentiated the antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of ...
1 L.''
** var. ''acuta
1 (Mill.) Willd.''
** var. ''ulmifolia
1''
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Turnera urbanii1 Arbo''
V
* ''
Turnera vallisii Arbo''
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Turnera velutina1 C.Presl''
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Turnera venezuelana Arbo''
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Turnera venosa2 Urb.''
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Turnera vicaria2 Arbo''
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Turnera violacea Brandegee''
W
* ''
Turnera weddelliana2 Urb. & Rolfe''
Z
* ''
Turnera zeasperma C.D.Adams & V.Bean''
Notes on the number of floral morphs
''1,2,3'' denote the number of floral morphs (1 = homostylous, 2 = distylous, 3 = distylous with intermediate morph)
Formerly placed in the genus
*''
Piriqueta cistoides''
(L.) Griseb. (as ''T. cistoides''
L. or ''T. tomentosa''
Willd.)
*''
Piriqueta racemosa''
(Jacq.) Sweet (as ''T. ovata''
Bello or ''T. racemosa''
Jacq.)
References
External links
USDA PLANTS Profile
Malpighiales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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