Turneraceae
Turneraceae
DC. (/ˌtɜːrnɪˈreɪsii/) was 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 Group in the APG III system of 2009, which includes the taxa in the Turneraceae in Passifloraceae as a subfamily (Turneroideae).[1]
Description
Most species in Turneraceae are tropical or sub-
damiana (T. diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca), the yellow alder (T. pumilea), which is not really an 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
- Erblichia
- Hyalocalyx
- Loewia
- Mathurina
- Piriqueta
- Stapfiella
- Streptopetalum
- Tricliceras (Wormskioldia)
- Turnera
References
- hdl:10654/18083
External links
- Entry on Turneraceae from L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants.
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