Biology:Turraea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the chinaberry family Meliaceae

Turraea
Turraea pubescens flowers.jpg
Turraea pubescens
Scientific classification e
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.

Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Range

The genus is native to the countries of Angola, Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China (southeast, Hainan), Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Indonesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Western New Guinea), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and northern provinces), Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

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]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2235097 entry