Turraea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Turraeeae
Genus: Turraea
Species: T. abyssinica – T. adjanohounii – T. africana – T. alata – T. ambohitsiana – T. americana – T. angolensis – T. anomala – T. bakeriana – T. barbata – T. baronii – T. billardierei – T. boivinii – T. breviflora – T. breviracemosa – T. brownii – T. cabrae – T. cadetii – T. casimiriana – T. concinna – T. cornucopia – T. cuneata – T. cuneifolia – T. cylindrica – T. decandra – T. decaryana – T. elephantina – T. emetica – T. eylesii – T. fischeri – T. floribunda – T. fockei – T. geayi – T. ghanensis – T. glabra – T. glomeruliflora – T. goetzei – T. graciliflora – T. gracilis – T. grandidieri – T. grandifolia – T. herbacea – T. heterophylla – T. hildebrandtii – T. holstii – T. humberti – T. humilis – T. indica – T. junodii – T. kaessneri – T. kilimandscharica – T. kimbozensis – T. kindtii – T. kirkii – T. kokwaroana – T. laciniosa – T. lamyi – T. lanceolata – T. laurentii – T. laxiflora – T. leonensis – T. leroyana – T. lobata – T. longifolia – T. longilimba – T. lycioides – T. macrantha – T. macrophylla – T. maculata – T. madagascarensis – T. malifolia – T. membranacea – T. mombassana – T. monticola – T. nilotica – T. oblancifolia – T. obovata – T. obtusifolia – T. octandra – T. oppositifolia – T. ovata – T. palawanensis – T. parviflora – T. parvifolia – T. pellegriniana – T. pervillei – T. pervillii – T. pevelingii – T. pinnata – T. procera – T. producta – T. propinqua – T. pubescens – T. pulchella – T. pumila – T. quercifolia – T. randii – T. retusa – T. rhamnifolia – T. rhombifolia – T. richardi – T. rigida – T. ripicola – T. robusta – T. rostrata – T. rutilans – T. sacleuxii – T. scabra – T. schlechteri – T. schliebenii – T. scoparia – T. sericea – T. sieberi – T. silvestris – T. socotrana – T. somaliensis – T. squamulifera – T. stolzii – T. streyi – T. stricta – T. subcordata – T. tetramera – T. thollonii – T. thouarsiana – T. thouvenotii – T. tisseranti – T. tomentosa – T. tricaraeopsis – T. trichopoda – T. trichostylis – T. tubulifera – T. usambarensis – T. venulosa – T. villosa – T. virens – T. viridis – T. vogelii – T. vogelioides – T. volkensii – T. wakefieldii – T. zambesica – T. zenkeri – T. zollingeri
Name

Turraea L., 1771
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Turraea. .

Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics. In the countries of Angola, Australia ( Queensland, New South Wales,) Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, China (south-east), Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa (in Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre 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

One anagram of this genus name yields Munronia, another closely related genus of Meliaceae.[2][3]

References

"Turraea L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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.
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.