Turnera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Subfamilia: Turneroideae
Genus: Turnera
Series: T. ser. Annulares – T. ser. Anomalae – T. ser. Capitatae – T. ser. Conciliatae – T. ser. Leiocarpae – T. ser. Microphyllae – T. ser. Sessilifoliae – T. ser. Stenodictyae – T. ser. Turnera
Species overview: T. acaulis – T. acuta – T. amapaensis – T. amazonica – T. angelicae – T. annectens – T. arcuata – T. arenaria – T. argentea – T. aromatica – T. asymmetrica – T. aurantiaca – T. aurelioi – T. bahiensis – T. benthamiana – T. blanchetiana – T. brasiliensis – T. breviflora – T. caatingana – T. callosa – T. campaniflora – T. candida – T. castilloi – T. cearensis – T. chamaedrifolia – T. chrysocephala – T. cicatricosa – T. cipoensis – T. clauseniana – T. coccinea – T. coerulea – T. collotricha – T. concinna – T. confertiflora – T. coriacea – T. crulsii – T. cuneiformis – T. curassavica – T. dasytricha – T. diamantinae – T. dichotoma – T. diffusa – T. discolor – T. discors – T. dolichostigma – T. elliptica – T. emendata – T. fernandezii – T. fissifolia – T. foliosa – T. gardneriana – T. genistoides – T. glabrata – T. glaziovii – T. gouveiana – T. grandidentata – T. grandiflora – T. guianensis – T. harleyi – T. hassleriana – T. hermannioides – T. hilaireana – T. hindsiana – T. huberi – T. humilis – T. ignota – T. incana – T. involucrata – T. iterata – T. jobertii – T. joelii – T. krapovickasii – T. kuhlmanniana – T. laciniata – T. lamiifolia – T. lanceolata – T. leptosperma – T. lineata – T. longiflora – T. longipes – T. lucida – T. luetzelburgii – T. macrophylla – T. maigualidensis – T. melanorhiza – T. melochia – T. melochioides – T. nervosa – T. oblongifolia – T. oculata – T. odorata – T. opifera – T. orientalis – T. panamensis – T. paradoxa – T. paruana – T. patens – T. pinifolia – T. pohliana – T. prancei – T. pumilea – T. purpurascens – T. reginae – T. revoluta – T. riedeliana – T. rosulata – T. rupestris – T. sancta – T. scabra – T. serrata – T. sidoides – T. simulans – T. stachydifolia – T. stenophylla – T. steyermarkii – T. stipularis – T. subnuda – T. subulata – T. tapajoensis – T. tenuicaulis – T. thomasii – T. triglandulosa – T. trigona – T. uleana – T. ulmifolia – T. urbanii – T. vallisii – T. velutina – T. venezuelana – T. venosa – T. vicaria – T. violacea – T. weddelliana – T. zeasperma

Name

Turnera L., Sp. Pl. 1: 271. 1753.
Type species: Turnera ulmifolia L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bohadschia J.Presl
Pumilea P.Browne
Triacis Griseb.
Tribolacis Griseb.

Note: Not all of the traditional series were found to be monophyletic in the analyses undertaken by Rocha et al., (2019) and future publications will further re-circumscribe this genus (Rocha et al., 2020). Meanwhile the above is a view of the genus with species of Turnera ser. Capitatae Urb., Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 129. (1883) and Oxossia L.Rocha, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 137: 58. (2019) removed.
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 271.
Arbo, M.M. & Espert, S.M. 2009. Morphology, phylogeny and biogeography of Turnera L. (Turneraceae). Taxon 58(2): 457–467 [1].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Turnera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Turnera. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 12 2020.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Turnera in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Oct 01.
Urban, I. 1883. Monographie der Turneraceen. Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin 2: 1–150. BHL.
Rocha, L., Ribeiro, P.L., Endress, P.K. & Rapini, A. 2019. A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 137: 44-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015 Paywall Reference page.
Rocha, L., Ribeiro, P.L. & Rapini, A. 2020. A lineage‐based infrageneric classification of Turnera (Turneraceae). Taxon 69(2): 290-306. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12210 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Safranmalven
suomi: Haaremiyrtit

Turnera is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner (1508-1568).[2] It was previously placed in the family Turneraceae.[1]

Selected species

Turnera angustifolia Mill.
Turnera arcuata
Turnera aurelii
Turnera caerulea
Turnera candida
Turnera chamaedrifolia
Turnera concinna
Turnera cuneiformis

Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.
Turnera grandidentata
Turnera grandiflora
Turnera hassleriana
Turnera hermannioides Cambess.
Turnera hindsiana Benth.
Turnera joelii
Turnera krapovickasii

Turnera lamiifolia
Turnera macrophylla
Turnera melochiodes
Turnera nervosa
Turnera oculata Story
Turnera opifera
Turnera orientalis
Turnera pumilea

Turnera scabra Millsp.
Turnera sidoides
Turnera subulata Sm.
Turnera surinamensis
Turnera trigona
Turnera ulmifolia L.
Turnera velutina
Turnera weddelliana [3][4]

Formerly placed here

Piriqueta cistoides (L.) Griseb. (as T. cistoides L. or T. tomentosa Willd.)
Piriqueta racemosa (Jacq.) Sweet (as T. ovata Bello or T. racemosa Jacq.)[4]

References
"Genus: Turnera L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
"Turnera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
"GRIN Species Records of Turnera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-01-29.