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).[2] It was previously placed in the family Turneraceae.[1]

Turnera
Turnera ulmifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Turneroideae
Genus: Turnera
L.[1]
Type species
Turnera ulmifolia
L. 1753
Species

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Species edit

The following species are currently recognized:[3]

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Notes on the number of floral morphs edit

1,2,3 denote the number of floral morphs (1 = homostylous, 2 = distylous, 3 = distylous with intermediate morph)[4][5] ? Denotes uncertain annotations. Those unannotated are missing data.

Formerly placed in the genus edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Turnera L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  2. ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  3. ^ "Turnera Plum. ex L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ Rocha, Lamarck; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Endress, Peter K.; Rapini, Alessandro (2019). "A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137: 44–63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015. PMID 30999036.
  5. ^ Shore, Joel S.; Arbo, Maria M.; Fernández, Aveliano (2006). "Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae". New Phytologist. 171 (3): 539–551. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x. hdl:11336/41821. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 16866957.
  6. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Turnera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-01-29.

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