Saffron Mallow Family

Saffron Mallow Family
	Turnera subulata
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family :	Passion flower family (Passifloraceae)
Subfamily :	Saffron Mallow Family
Scientific name
	Turneroideae
	Eaton

The saffron mallow family (Turneroideae) are a subfamily in the plant family of the passion flower family (Passifloraceae) within the order of the Malpighia-like (Malpighiales). The ten genera with a total of around 205 species thrive in the tropics and subtropics in Africa and the Neotropics .

description

They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or woody plants. The plants should smell unpleasant. The alternate leaves are simple and serrated or deeply divided. Small stipules may be present or absent.

The hermaphroditic, radially symmetrical flowers are five-fold and sometimes heterostyle. The five sepals are fused. The five petals are fused. Two or three carpels are fused to form an upper or semi- lower ovary.

There are fruit capsules formed. The many seeds have an aril on one side .

distribution

Saffron mallow family can be found in the Neotropic and Africa .

Systematics

The genera of the former Turneraceae family were incorporated into the Passifloraceae family according to APG III . The name Turneroideae was introduced in 1836 by Eaton in Bot. Dict. , 4th edition, p. 44 first published. The surname Turneraceae was published by Carl Sigismund Kunth in Augustin Pyrame de Candolle .

The subfamily of the saffron mallow family (Turneroideae, Syn .: Piriquetaceae Martynov , Turneraceae DC. ) Includes ten genera and a total of about 205 species:

Adenoa Arbo : With only one species:
- Adenoa cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) Arbo : It occurs in eastern Cuba.
Erblichia Seem.
Hyalocalyx Rolfe : With only one species:
- Hyalocalyx setifer Rolfe : It occurs in Madagascar and in tropical East Africa.
Loewia Urb.
Mathurina Balf. f. : With only one type:
- Mathurina penduliflora Balf. f. : It occurs on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues .
Piriqueta Aubl.
Stapfiella Gilg
Streptopetalum Hochst.
Tricliceras Thonn. ex DC.
Turnera L .: With about 122 species.

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The subfamily Turneroideae within the Passifloraceae family on the AP website. (Section description and systematics)
The Turneraceae family at DELTA. (engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III , in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2009, pp. 105-121.
↑ The subfamily at GRIN.
^ ^A ^b ^c David John Mabberley: Mabberley's Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses . 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4

Web links

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[1] An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III , in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2009, pp. 105-121.

[2] The subfamily at GRIN.

[Mabberley2008-3] A ^b ^c David John Mabberley: Mabberley's Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses . 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4