# Turnera > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turnera > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turnera.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnera > Source revision: 1297747597 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Turnera ulmifolia 01.JPG |image_caption = ''[Turnera ulmifolia](/source/Turnera_ulmifolia)'' |taxon = Turnera |authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus){{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12496 |title=Genus: ''Turnera'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2010-01-27 |access-date=2011-10-12}} |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |type_species = [Turnera ulmifolia](/source/Turnera_ulmifolia) |type_species_authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) 1753 }} '''''Turnera''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [passionflower](/source/Passiflora) family, [Passifloraceae](/source/Passifloraceae). It contains more than 100 species native to [tropical](/source/Tropics) and [subtropical](/source/Subtropics) [America](/source/Americas). The name honours English naturalist [William Turner](/source/William_Turner_(naturalist)) (1508–1568).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC |title=The Names of Plants |first=D. |last=Gledhill |edition=4 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86645-3 |year=2008 |page=391}} It was previously placed in the family [Turneraceae](/source/Turneraceae). ==Species== The following species are currently recognized:{{Cite web |title=Turnera Plum. ex L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002520-2 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} === A === * ''[Turnera acangatinga](/source/Turnera_acangatinga) Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas'' * ''[Turnera acaulis](/source/Turnera_acaulis)1Griseb.'' * ''[Turnera acuta](/source/Turnera_acuta)2 Willd.'' * ''[Turnera amapaensis](/source/urnera_amapaensis) R.S.Cowan'' * ''[Turnera amazonica](/source/Turnera_amazonica)1?Arbo'' * ''[Turnera angelicae](/source/Turnera_angelicae) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera annectens](/source/Turnera_annectens)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera arcuata](/source/Turnera_arcuata)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera arenaria](/source/Turnera_arenaria) (Spruce ex Urb.) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera argentea](/source/Turnera_argentea)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera aromatica](/source/Turnera_aromatica)2Arbo'' * ''[Turnera asymmetrica](/source/Turnera_asymmetrica)2Arbo'' * ''[Turnera aurantiaca](/source/Turnera_aurantiaca)2 Benth.'' * ''[Turnera aurelioi](/source/Turnera_aurelioi)1 Arbo'' === B === * ''[Turnera bahiensis](/source/Turnera_bahiensis) Urb.'' ** var. ''bahiensis2'' ** var. ''truncata2 Arbo.'' * ''[Turnera benthamiana](/source/Turnera_benthamiana)2 M.R.Schomb.'' * ''[Turnera blanchetiana](/source/Turnera_blanchetiana) Urb.'' ** var. ''blanchetiana2'' ** var. ''subsppicata Urb.'' * ''[Turnera brasiliensis](/source/Turnera_brasiliensis)2Willd. ex Schult.'' * ''[Turnera breviflora](/source/Turnera_breviflora)2Moura'' === C === * ''[Turnera caatingana](/source/Turnera_caatingana)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera callosa](/source/Turnera_callosa)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera campaniflora](/source/Turnera_campaniflora)1 Arbo, Shore & S.C.H.Barrett'' * ''[Turnera candida](/source/Turnera_candida)1 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera castilloi](/source/Turnera_castilloi)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera cearensis](/source/Turnera_cearensis)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera chamaedrifolia](/source/Turnera_chamaedrifolia)3 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera chrysocephala](/source/Turnera_chrysocephala)2Urb.'' * ''[Turnera cicatricosa](/source/Turnera_cicatricosa)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera cipoensis](/source/Turnera_cipoensis)2Arbo'' * ''[Turnera clauseniana](/source/Turnera_clauseniana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera coccinea](/source/Turnera_coccinea)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera coerulea](/source/Turnera_coerulea)2 DC.'' ** var. ''coerulea2'' ** var. ''surinamensis2 (Urb.) Arbo & Av.Fernández'' * ''[Turnera collotricha](/source/Turnera_collotricha)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera concinna](/source/Turnera_concinna)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera confertiflora](/source/Turnera_confertiflora)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera coriacea](/source/Turnera_coriacea) Urb.'' ** var. ''solium2'' * ''[Turnera crulsii](/source/Turnera_crulsii)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera cuneiformis](/source/Turnera_cuneiformis)1 Juss. ex Poir.'' * ''[Turnera curassavica](/source/Turnera_curassavica)2 Urb.'' === D === * ''[Turnera dasytricha](/source/Turnera_dasytricha) Pilg.'' ** var. ''crinita Arbo'' ** var. ''dasytricha'' * ''[Turnera diamantinae](/source/Turnera_diamantinae) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera dichotoma](/source/Turnera_dichotoma)2 Gardner ex Hook.'' * ''[Turnera diffusa](/source/Turnera_diffusa) Willd. ex Schult.'' ** var. ''diffusa2'' * ''[Turnera discolor](/source/Turnera_discolor)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera discors](/source/Turnera_discors) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera dolichostigma](/source/Turnera_dolichostigma)2Urb.'' === E === * ''[Turnera elliptica](/source/Turnera_elliptica)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera emendata](/source/Turnera_emendata) Arbo'' === F === * ''[Turnera fasciculifolia](/source/Turnera_fasciculifolia) L.Rocha & Arbo'' * ''[Turnera fernandezii](/source/Turnera_fernandezii)2Arbo'' * ''[Turnera fissifolia](/source/Turnera_fissifolia) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera foliosa](/source/Turnera_foliosa)2 Urb.'' === G === * ''[Turnera gardneriana](/source/Turnera_gardneriana)1? Arbo'' * ''[Turnera genistoides](/source/Turnera_genistoides)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera glabrata](/source/Turnera_glabrata) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera glaziovii](/source/Turnera_glaziovii)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera gouveiana](/source/Turnera_gouveiana) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera grandidentata](/source/Turnera_grandidentata)2 (Urb.) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera grandiflora](/source/Turnera_grandiflora)2 (Urb.) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera guianensis](/source/Turnera_guianensis)2 Aubl.'' === H === * ''[Turnera harleyi](/source/Turnera_harleyi)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera hassleriana](/source/Turnera_hassleriana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera hermannioides](/source/Turnera_hermannioides)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera hilaireana](/source/Turnera_hilaireana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera hindsiana](/source/Turnera_hindsiana)2 Benth.'' ** subspecies ''brachyantha2 Arbo'' ** subspecies ''hindsiana2'' * ''[Turnera huberi](/source/Turnera_huberi)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera humilis](/source/Turnera_humilis) Arbo'' === I === * ''[Turnera ibateguara](/source/Turnera_ibateguara) Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas'' * ''[Turnera ignota](/source/Turnera_ignota)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera incana](/source/Turnera_incana)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera involucrata](/source/Turnera_involucrata)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera iterata](/source/Turnera_iterata)2 Arbo'' === J === * ''[Turnera jobertii](/source/Turnera_jobertii) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera joelii](/source/Turnera_joelii)2 Arbo'' === K === * ''[Turnera krapovickasii](/source/Turnera_krapovickasii)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera kuhlmanniana](/source/Turnera_kuhlmanniana)2 Arbo'' === L === * ''[Turnera laciniata](/source/Turnera_laciniata)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera lamiifolia](/source/Turnera_lamiifolia)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera lanceolata](/source/Turnera_lanceolata)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera leptosperma](/source/Turnera_leptosperma)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera lineata](/source/Turnera_lineata)2? Urb.'' * ''[Turnera longiflora](/source/Turnera_longiflora)2 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera longipes](/source/Turnera_longipes)2 Triana ex Urb.'' * ''[Turnera lucida](/source/Turnera_lucida)1 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera luetzelburgii](/source/Turnera_luetzelburgii) Sleumer'' ** var. ''dubia2 Arbo'' ** var. ''luetzelburgii2'' === M === * ''[Turnera macrophylla](/source/Turnera_macrophylla)3 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera macrosperma](/source/Turnera_macrosperma) L.Rocha & Arbo'' * ''[Turnera maigualidensis](/source/Turnera_maigualidensis) J.R.Grande & Arbo'' * ''[Turnera melanorhiza](/source/Turnera_melanorhiza)2 Urb.'' ** var. ''arenaria2'' ** var. ''latifolia2'' ** var. ''melochioides2'' ** var. ''rugosa2'' * ''[Turnera melochia](/source/Turnera_melochia) Triana & Planch.'' ** var. ''melochia'' ** var. ''ramosissima (Spruce ex Urb.) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera melochioides](/source/Turnera_melochioides) Cambess.'' ** var. ''latifolia Urb.'' ** var. ''melochioides 2'' ** var. ''rugosa Arbo'' === N === * ''[Turnera nervosa](/source/Turnera_nervosa)2 Urb.'' === O === * ''[Turnera oblongifolia](/source/Turnera_oblongifolia)2 Cambess.'' ** var. ''goyanzensis2'' (Urb.) Arbo ** var. ''oblongifolia2'' * ''[Turnera occidentalis](/source/Turnera_occidentalis)1 Arbo & Shore'' * ''[Turnera oculata](/source/Turnera_oculata) Story'' ** var. ''oculata1'' ** var. ''paucipilosa'' (Oberm.) * ''[Turnera odorata](/source/Turnera_odorata)2 Rich.'' * ''[Turnera opifera](/source/Turnera_opifera)2 Mart.'' * ''[Turnera orientalis](/source/Turnera_orientalis)1 (Urb.) Arbo'' === P === * ''[Turnera panamensis](/source/Turnera_panamensis)2Urb'' * ''[Turnera paradoxa](/source/Turnera_paradoxa) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera paruana](/source/Turnera_paruana)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera patens](/source/Turnera_patens) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera pinifolia](/source/Turnera_pinifolia)1 Cambess.'' * ''[Turnera pohliana](/source/Turnera_pohliana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera prancei](/source/Turnera_prancei)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera pumilea](/source/Turnera_pumilea) L.'' ** var. ''piauhyensis2 Urb.'' ** var. ''pumilea1'' * ''[Turnera purpurascens](/source/Turnera_purpurascens)2 Arbo'' === R === * ''[Turnera reginae](/source/Turnera_reginae)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera revoluta](/source/Turnera_revoluta)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera riedeliana](/source/Turnera_riedeliana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera rosulata](/source/Turnera_rosulata)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera rupestris](/source/Turnera_rupestris) Aubl.'' ** var. ''frutescemces (Aubl.) Urb.'' ** var. ''rupestris2'' === S === * ''[Turnera sancta](/source/Turnera_sancta)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera scabra](/source/Turnera_scabra)2 Millsp.'' * ''[Turnera serrata](/source/Turnera_serrata) Vell.'' ** var. ''brevifolia2 Urb.'' ** var. ''latifolia Urb.'' ** var. ''serrata 2'' * ''[Turnera sidoides](/source/Turnera_sidoides) L.'' ** subsp. ''carnea3 (Cambess.) Arbo'' ** subsp. ''holosericea3 (Urb.) Arbo'' ** subsp. ''integrifolia2 (Griseb.) Arbo'' ** subsp. ''pinnatifida2 (Juss. ex Poir.) Arbo'' ** subsp. ''sidoides3'' * ''[Turnera simulans](/source/Turnera_simulans)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera stachydifolia](/source/Turnera_stachydifolia) Urb. & Rolfe'' ** var. ''flexuosa Urb.'' ** var. ''stachydifolia2'' * ''[Turnera stenophylla](/source/Turnera_stenophylla)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera steyermarkii](/source/Turnera_steyermarkii)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera stipularis](/source/Turnera_stipularis)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera subnuda](/source/Turnera_subnuda)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera subulata](/source/Turnera_subulata)2 Sm.'' === T === * ''[Turnera tapajoensis](/source/Turnera_tapajoensis)1?Moura'' * ''[Turnera tenuicaulis](/source/Turnera_tenuicaulis)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera thomasii](/source/Turnera_thomasii)1 (Urb.) Story'' * ''[Turnera triglandulosa](/source/Turnera_triglandulosa) Millsp.'' * ''[Turnera trigona](/source/Turnera_trigona)2 Urb.'' === U === * ''[Turnera uleana](/source/Turnera_uleana)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera ulmifolia](/source/Turnera_ulmifolia)1 L.'' ** var. ''acuta1 (Mill.) Willd.'' ** var. ''ulmifolia1'' * ''[Turnera urbanii](/source/Turnera_urbanii)1 Arbo'' === V === * ''[Turnera vallisii](/source/Turnera_vallisii) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera velutina](/source/Turnera_velutina)1 C.Presl'' * ''[Turnera venezuelana](/source/Turnera_venezuelana) Arbo'' * ''[Turnera venosa](/source/Turnera_venosa)2 Urb.'' * ''[Turnera vicaria](/source/Turnera_vicaria)2 Arbo'' * ''[Turnera violacea](/source/Turnera_violacea) Brandegee'' === W === * ''[Turnera weddelliana](/source/Turnera_weddelliana)2 Urb. & Rolfe'' === Z === * ''[Turnera zeasperma](/source/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){{Cite journal |last1=Rocha |first1=Lamarck |last2=Ribeiro |first2=Patrícia Luz |last3=Endress |first3=Peter K. |last4=Rapini |first4=Alessandro |date=2019 |title=A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=137 |pages=44–63 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015|pmid=30999036 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2019MolPE.137...44R }}{{Cite journal |last1=Shore |first1=Joel S. |last2=Arbo |first2=Maria M. |last3=Fernández |first3=Aveliano |date=2006 |title=Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae |journal=New Phytologist |language=en |volume=171 |issue=3 |pages=539–551 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x |pmid=16866957 |issn=0028-646X|doi-access=free |hdl=11336/41821 |hdl-access=free }} ''?'' Denotes uncertain annotations. Those unannotated are missing data. === Formerly placed in the genus === *''[Piriqueta cistoides](/source/Piriqueta_cistoides)'' (L.) Griseb. (as ''T. cistoides'' L. or ''T. tomentosa'' Willd.) *''[Piriqueta racemosa](/source/Piriqueta_racemosa)'' (Jacq.) Sweet (as ''T. ovata'' Bello or ''T. racemosa'' Jacq.){{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12496 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Turnera'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2011-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075538/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12496 |archive-date=2015-09-24 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TURNE USDA PLANTS Profile] {{Taxonbar|from=Q2119788}} {{Authority control}} Category:Turnera Category:Passifloraceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Long stubs with short prose {{Passifloraceae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Turnera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnera) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnera?action=history)). 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