Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Malpighiales

Turneraceae

Fernandes, R. (1978) Turneraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs (in ours). Stipules small or 0. Leaves alternate, simple and serrate or deeply divided. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, sometimes heterostylous. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Styles 3 with fimbriate or laciniate stigmas. Fruit a 3-valved many-seeded (in ours) capsule. Seeds with a 1-sided aril.

Worldwide: 10 genera and 100 species, tropical and warm America and Africa.

Zimbabwe: 3 genera and 8 taxa.

Tricliceras longepedunculatum var. longepedunculatum

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Afroqueta Thulin & Razafim.	Description, Image
Streptopetalum Hochst.	Description, Image
Tricliceras Thonn. ex DC.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Turneraceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Turneraceae
Flora of Burundi: Turneraceae
Flora of Caprivi: Turneraceae
Flora of the DRC: Turneraceae
Flora of Malawi: Turneraceae
Flora of Mozambique: Turneraceae
Flora of Rwanda: Turneraceae
Flora of Zambia: Turneraceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Turneraceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Turneraceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Turneraceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Turneraceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Turneraceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Turneraceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Turneraceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Turneraceae
Wikipedia: Turneraceae
Plants of the World Online: Turneraceae
Tropicos: Turneraceae