# Turneraceae

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[[File:Turnera subulata.jpg|thumb|flower of ''[Turnera subulata](/source/Turnera_subulata)'']]

'''Turneraceae''' [Kunth](/source/Carl_Sigismund_Kunth) ex [DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle) ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɜːr|n|ɪ|ˈ|r|eɪ|s|i|i}}) was a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s consisting of 120 [species](/source/species) in 10 [genera](/source/genus).  The [Cronquist system](/source/Cronquist_system) placed the Turneracids in the [order](/source/order_(biology)) [Violales](/source/Violales), but it is not currently recognized as a family by the [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group](/source/Angiosperm_Phylogeny_Group) in the [APG III system](/source/APG_III_system) of 2009, which includes the taxa in the Turneraceae in [Passifloraceae](/source/Passifloraceae) as a subfamily (Turneroideae).<ref name="apgiii">{{Citation |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

==Description==
Most species in Turneraceae are tropical or sub-[tropical shrub](/source/tropical_shrub)s, with a few trees.  Half of the family's species belong to the genus ''Turnera'', including the [herb](/source/herb) [damiana](/source/damiana) (''T. diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca''), the yellow alder (''T. pumilea''), which is not really an [alder](/source/alder), and the "ramgoat dashalong" (''T. ulmifolia'').  Another type of plant in Turneraceae with a vernacular name is stripeseed, which is actually three different species of the genus ''Piriqueta'' - the pitted stripeseed (''P. cistoides''), the rigid stripeseed (''P. racemosa''), and the purple stripeseed (''P. viscosa'').

==Genera==
The genera typically included in this family are:
*''[Adenoa](/source/Adenoa)''
*''[Erblichia](/source/Erblichia)''
*''[Hyalocalyx](/source/Hyalocalyx)''
*''[Loewia](/source/Loewia_(plant))''
*''[Mathurina](/source/Mathurina)''
*''[Piriqueta](/source/Piriqueta)''
*''[Stapfiella](/source/Stapfiella)''
*''[Streptopetalum](/source/Streptopetalum)''
*''[Tricliceras](/source/Tricliceras)'' (''Wormskioldia'')
*''[Turnera](/source/Turnera)''

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212124125/http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/turnerac.htm Entry on Turneraceae] from L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants.

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Category:Historically recognized angiosperm families

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