Meliaceae
Turraea

Turraea parvifolia Deflers

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 301 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Meliaceae: 1-67.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by A. S. Hassan & M. Cheek [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak.f. in Journal of Botany 41: 11 (1903).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 136, t. 5 (1987).
  • Deflers in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42: 301, fig. 6 (1895).
  • Schwartz, Fl. Trop. Arabia: 129 (1939).
  • Styles & F. White in Fl. Eth. 3: 481, fig. 124.2/11 (1990).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gillett, J.B.; Yon, B. [22842] Somalia K005105536 Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [5571] Somalia K005105534 Yes
Mrs. J. Ament; Mogozo, F.C. [27] Kenya K005105898 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3301] Somalia K005105537 Yes
Barbier, C. [1184] Somalia K005105529 Yes
Bally [B12616] Kenya K005105895 Yes
Adamson, T. [10] Kenya K005105899 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [[S/186]] K005105530 Yes
Phillips, L. [s.n.] K000425482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, C.N. [43] Somalia K005105533 Yes
Makin, J. [201] Kenya K005105900 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [22951] Somalia K005105539 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [742] Somalia K005105538 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [43] Somalia K005105535 Yes
Makin, J. [335] Kenya K005105903 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6739] Kenya K005105897 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [871] Somalia K005105528 Yes
Mungai, G.M. [83/29] Kenya K005105902 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [564] Somalia K005105532 Yes
Edith, C. [s.n.] K000425483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hemming, C.F. [3085] Kenya K005105904 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [657] Somalia K005105540 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4285] Somalia K005105542 Yes
Verdcourt [3786] Kenya K005105894 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Adamson, J. (Mrs.) [77] Kenya K005105896 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [3028] Kenya K005105901 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6287] Somalia K005105541 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B7182] Somalia K005105531 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [20793] Kenya K005105893 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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