Turraea

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Turraea
Turraea pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Turraea
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Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Calodryum Desv.
  • Gilibertia J.F.Gmel.
  • Ginnania M.Roem.
  • Grevellina Baill.
  • Nurmonia Harms [a]
  • Payeria Baill.
  • Quivisia Comm. ex Juss.
  • Rutaea M.Roem.
  • Scyphostigma M.Roem.
  • Stephanosiphon Boivin ex C.DC.

Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

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.[1]

Systematics

The genus contains approximately 70 species, including:

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