Meliaceae
Turraea

Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.

First published in Flora 27: 296 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1981 Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J. [8840] Zimbabwe K000315310 Yes
Atherstone [48] South Africa K000425493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Power, J.H. [2554] Botswana K000315311 No
Langa, C.; Matimele, H.; Zandamela, J.; Osborne, J.; Rokni, S.; Munwane, C.; Machuama, B. [CL 2] Mozambique K001346002 Yes
Duncan [s.n.] K000425494 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCabe, J.; Merstone, A. [40] Botswana K000315314 No
Camerik, A.M. [136] Botswana K000315315 No
Hansen, O.J. [3296] Botswana K000315312 No
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K000425495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cecil, E. [105] Zimbabwe K000315313 No
Leach, L.C.; Noel, A.R.A. [191] Botswana K000315309 Yes
Krauss [308] South Africa K000425496 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images