Turnera
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Turnera is a genus of flowering plant
s 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 previously placed in the family Turneraceae
.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae
Passifloraceae
Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions....
. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
and subtropical
Subtropics
The subtropics are the geographical and climatical zone of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropical zone, which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, at latitudes 23.5°N and 23.5°S...
America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508-1568). It was previously placed in the family Turneraceae
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 valid family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in the APG III system of 2009, which includes...
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Selected species
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Carl Ludwig Willdenow Carl Ludwig Willdenow was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants... ex Schult. Josef August Schultes Josef August Schultes 1773-1831 was an Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer, he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Vegetabilium. In 1821, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.Father of Julius Hermann... Turnera hermannioides Turnera hermannioides is a distylous, diploid perennial restricted to open, sandy sites in northeastern Brazil. Four populations sampled in Sergipe contained equal proportions of long- and short-styled plants. The style and stamen dimorphism in floral morphs is associated with differences in pollen... Cambess. Jacques Cambessèdes Jacques Cambessèdes was a French botanist who was born in Montpellier.In March-June 1825, Cambessèdes performed investigations involving flora of the Balearic Islands... Turnera hindsiana Turnera hindsiana is a species of plant in the Passifloraceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* León-Yánez, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... Benth. George Bentham George Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :... |
Charles Frederick Millspaugh Charles Frederick Millspaugh was an American botanist, born at Ithaca, N.Y., and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. For several years he practiced medicine and from 1891 to 1893 taught botany at West Virginia University... |
Turnera ulmifolia Turnera ulmifolia, the 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—resistant Staphylococcus aureus .... L. |
Formerly placed here
- Piriqueta cistoides (L.) Griseb. (as T. cistoides L. or T. tomentosa Willd.)
- Piriqueta racemosa (Jacq.) Sweet (as T. ovata Bello or T. racemosa Jacq.)