Turneraceae
Turnera Family
The Turneraceae family (Turnera Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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Alternate, often toothed leaves bearing a pair of small glands at the base of the blade, on herbs and shrubs; regular, five-petalled yellow flowers open for only a single morning before wilting by afternoon.
Flowers typically open freshly each morning and wilt by the same afternoon, timed tightly to the activity window of their specific pollinators.
To check whether a plant belongs to Turneraceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Euphorbiaceae
Compare against Euphorbiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare EuphorbiaceaeClusiaceae
Compare against Clusiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ClusiaceaeFlacourtiaceae
Compare against Flacourtiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FlacourtiaceaePassifloraceae
Compare against Passifloraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PassifloraceaeAll 1 species in TURNERACEAE
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