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Accession Data:

Turnera ulmifolia L.

  • series Turnera

  • Common Name: Yellow Alder
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: West Indies, Mexico

  • Description: perennial shrub to 1m
  • Culture: readily propagated by cuttings - also seed & division.
  • USDA Zone: 9b-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500266
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1320 - NEOA: West Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-29-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Passifloraceae
  • SubFamily: Turneroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Netherlands Antilles / Puerto Rico / Turks-Caicos Is. / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is.

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 01 July, 2019.
  2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Monday, 01 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:18:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Turnera ulmifolia

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Passifloraceae

Subfamily Malesherbioideae

  • Malesherbia tocopillana

Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae

  • Adenia globosa
  • Adenia repanda
  • Passiflora biflora
  • Passiflora boenderi
  • Passiflora coriacea
  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple'
  • Passiflora lutea
  • Passiflora misera
  • Passiflora pardifolia
  • Passiflora suberosa
  • Passiflora trifasciata
  • Passiflora vitifolia

Subfamily Turneroideae

  • Turnera ulmifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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