TURNERACEAE
NB This family is now subfamily Turneroideae in Passifloraceae
Morphological description
Herbs, usually woody at base.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, serrate dentate, glandular; venation pinnate.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, calyx 5-fid, petals 5, contorted in bud; ovary superior.
Fruit
Fruit a capsule.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Malvaceae (Sida): leaves not glandular, triplinerved.
Distribution: The family is native in America and Africa. In Malesia 2 genera are locally naturalized: Piriqueta and Turnera.
Notes: Species of Turnera are cultivated as ornamentals.
Literature: C.A. Backer, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1951) 235-238.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Piriqueta 25, 26, 31 - Turnera 31, 74.
Illustrations: Fig. 175. Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae). Flowering shoot; enlarged ovary. Reproduced from M.R. Henderson, Malayan wild flowers, Dicotyledons (1949/51, repr. 1974). With kind permission of the Malaysian Nature Society.
Image in PhytoImages for Passifloraceae