''Turnera'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
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 Passifloraceae.
They are mostly tendril-bearing vines, with some being shrubs or trees. They ...
family,
Passifloraceae
The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.
They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from t ...
. 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
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America
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. The name honours English naturalist
William Turner (1508–1568). It was previously placed in the family
Turneraceae
Turneraceae Kunth ex DC. () is a family of flowering plants consisting of 120 species in 10 genera. The Cronquist system placed the Turneracids in the order Violales, but it is not currently recognized as a family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny ...
.
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 arcuata
''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 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 asymmetrica2Arbo''
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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 benthamiana
''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 M.R.Schomb.''
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Turnera blanchetiana
''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. ''blanchetiana
2''
** var. ''subsppicata
Urb.''
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Turnera brasiliensis
''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 ...
2Willd. ex Schult.''
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Turnera breviflora
''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 ...
2Moura''
C
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Turnera caatingana
''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 Arbo''
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Turnera callosa
''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 Urb.''
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Turnera campaniflora1 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 chamaedrifolia3 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 confertiflora2 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 dichotoma2 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 tha ...
Willd. ex Schult.''
** var. ''diffusa
2''
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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 Arbo''
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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 guianensis2 Aubl.''
H
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Turnera harleyi2 Arbo''
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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 involucrata2 Arbo''
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Turnera iterata2 Arbo''
J
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Turnera jobertii Arbo''
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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 lucida1 Urb.''
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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''
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Turnera melochioides Cambess.''
** var. ''latifolia
Urb.''
** var. ''melochioides
2''
** var. ''rugosa
Arbo''
N
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Turnera nervosa2 Urb.''
O
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Turnera oblongifolia2 Cambess.''
** var. ''goyanzensis
2''
(Urb.) Arbo
** var. ''oblongifolia
2''
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Turnera occidentalis1 Arbo & Shore''
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Turnera oculata Story''
** var. ''oculata
1''
** var. ''paucipilosa''
(Oberm.)
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Turnera odorata2 Rich.''
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Turnera opifera2 Mart.''
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Turnera orientalis1 (Urb.) Arbo''
P
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Turnera panamensis2Urb''
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Turnera paradoxa Arbo''
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Turnera paruana2 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''
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Turnera purpurascens2 Arbo''
R
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Turnera reginae2 Arbo''
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Turnera revoluta2 Urb.''
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Turnera riedeliana2 Urb.''
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Turnera rosulata2 Arbo''
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Turnera rupestris Aubl.''
** var. ''frutescemces
(Aubl.) Urb.''
** var. ''rupestris
2''
S
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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''
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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 subulata
''Turnera subulata'' is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera,Yim, EWhat’s up, buttercup?''New Straits Times'' (Malaysia). Apri ...
2 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
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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 activity against methicillin-res ...
1 L.''
** var. ''acuta
1 (Mill.) Willd.''
** var. ''ulmifolia
1''
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Turnera urbanii1 Arbo''
V
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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
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Turnera weddelliana2 Urb. & Rolfe''
Z
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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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