Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Malpighiales

Turneraceae

Fernandes, R. (1978) Turneraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Robyns, W. (1967) Turneraceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique

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