7008.010 Turbina Raf.

Description of the genus

Similar to Ipomoea, but has an indehiscent fruit, usually with a single seed.

Worldwide: 15 species in tropical America, tropical and South Africa and New Caledonia

Botswana: 2 taxa.

Turbina holubii

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
holubii (Baker) A. MeeuseNDescription, Image
oblongata (E. Mey. ex Choisy) A. MeeuseN,SW,SE

Other sources of information about Turbina:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Turbina
Flora of Mozambique: Turbina
Flora of Zambia: Turbina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Turbina

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Turbina
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Turbina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Turbina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Turbina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Turbina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Turbina
JSTOR Plant Science: Turbina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Turbina
Plants of the World Online: Turbina
Tropicos: Turbina
Wikipedia: Turbina

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Turbina.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1189, retrieved 24 November 2024

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