Turraea

Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics.

Turraea
Turraea pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Turraea
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Calodryum Desv.
  • Gilibertia J.F.Gmel.
  • Ginnania M.Roem.
  • Grevellina Baill.
  • Nurmonia Harms [lower-alpha 1]
  • Payeria Baill.
  • Quivisia Comm. ex Juss.
  • Rutaea M.Roem.
  • Scyphostigma M.Roem.
  • Stephanosiphon Boivin ex C.DC.

Systematics

The genus contains approximately 70 species, including:

  • Turraea abyssinica Hochst.
  • Turraea adjanohounii Aké Assi
  • Turraea anomala (O. Hoffm.) Harms
  • Turraea floribunda Hochst.
  • Turraea fockei Buchenau
  • Turraea geayi Danguy
  • Turraea humberti Danguy
  • Turraea kimbozensis Cheek
  • Turraea laciniosa (Balf.f.) Harms
  • Turraea lanceolata Cav.
  • Turraea longifolia C. DC.
  • Turraea mombassana
  • Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.
  • Turraea obovata Gürke
  • Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.
  • Turraea pervillei Baill.
  • Turraea pubescens Hell.
  • Turraea rhombifolia Baker
  • Turraea richardii Baill.
  • Turraea robusta
  • Turraea rostrata C. DC.
  • Turraea sericea Sm.
  • Turraea socotrana White
  • Turraea thouvenotii Danguy
  • Turraea venulosa Baker
  • Turraea villosa Bennett
  • Turraea virens L.
  • Turraea wakefieldii Oliv.
  • Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.

Notes
  1. One anagram of this genus name yields Munronia, another closely related genus of Meliaceae.[2][3]
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References
  1. "Turraea L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. Bennett, M. I. J. (1841). "Révision des genres Turraea and Munronia". Annales des sciences naturelles: Botanique (in French). Fortin, Masson et Cie. pp. 83–96.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. M66. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.

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