| Turnera (named after William Turner, died 1568). Turneraceae. Glabrous, pubescent or tomentose herbs, shrubs, or subshrubs, suitable for warmhouse cult. Lvs. sparse, entire, serrate or somewhat pinnatifid; stipules small or none: fls. axillary, solitary, rarely racemose or fascicled, yellow; calyx tubular, funnelform or campanulate, limb 5-parted; petals 5; stamens 5; ovary sessile, free, oblong: caps. ovoid or oblong, 3-valved at base, many-seeded, very rarely 3-seeded. About 85 species, Trop. and Subtrop. Amer., S. Afr., and Madagascar. T. ulmifolia, Linn. Shrub, 2-4 ft. high: lvs. biglandular at base, oblong, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, serrate above the cuneate base, petioled, pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath: fls. yellow, almost sessile; calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate; petals large, obovate. Mex., W. Indies, and S. Amer. B.M. 4137. Var. elegans, Hort. (T. trioniflora, Sims), is about 1 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate: fls. sessile, pale yellow or sulfur-colored, with purplish brown claws. Brazil. B.M. 2106. G. 28:381. H.F. II. 3:160. The family Turneraceae is placed near Violaceae and Passifloraceae. | | Turnera (named after William Turner, died 1568). Turneraceae. Glabrous, pubescent or tomentose herbs, shrubs, or subshrubs, suitable for warmhouse cult. Lvs. sparse, entire, serrate or somewhat pinnatifid; stipules small or none: fls. axillary, solitary, rarely racemose or fascicled, yellow; calyx tubular, funnelform or campanulate, limb 5-parted; petals 5; stamens 5; ovary sessile, free, oblong: caps. ovoid or oblong, 3-valved at base, many-seeded, very rarely 3-seeded. About 85 species, Trop. and Subtrop. Amer., S. Afr., and Madagascar. T. ulmifolia, Linn. Shrub, 2-4 ft. high: lvs. biglandular at base, oblong, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, serrate above the cuneate base, petioled, pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath: fls. yellow, almost sessile; calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate; petals large, obovate. Mex., W. Indies, and S. Amer. B.M. 4137. Var. elegans, Hort. (T. trioniflora, Sims), is about 1 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate: fls. sessile, pale yellow or sulfur-colored, with purplish brown claws. Brazil. B.M. 2106. G. 28:381. H.F. II. 3:160. The family Turneraceae is placed near Violaceae and Passifloraceae. |