Turraea

{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the chinaberry family Meliaceae}}

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|image_caption = Turraea pubescens

|taxon = Turraea

|authority = L.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text.

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|synonyms =

Calodryum Desv.
Gilibertia J.F.Gmel.
Ginnania M.Roem.
Grevellina Baill.
Nurmonia Harms {{efn | One anagram of this genus name yields Munronia, another closely related genus of Meliaceae.}}
Payeria Baill.
Quivisia Comm. ex Juss.
Rutaea M.Roem.
Scyphostigma M.Roem.
Stephanosiphon Boivin ex C.DC.

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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.{{cite web |title=Turraea L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26854-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}

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

References

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{{Cite book|last=Bennett|first=M. I. J.|section=Révision des genres Turraea and Munronia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA83|title=Annales des sciences naturelles: Botanique|date=1841|pages=83–96|publisher=Fortin, Masson et Cie|language=fr}}

{{Cite book |last=Burkhardt |first=Lotte |url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018|title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée |date=2018-06-06 |publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin |page=M66 |isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 |language=de |doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |s2cid=187926901 }}

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External links

{{cite web |title=Turraea L. |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2900023}}

Category:Meliaceae genera

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