Turnera scabra
| Turnera scabra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Turnera |
| Species: | T. scabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Turnera scabra Millsp. 1900
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Turnera scabra is a species of Turnera from Central to South America.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]The Turnera scabra has two types of flowers: long-styled and short-styled, in which both reject their own pollen distinctly, preventing self-fertilization.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Turnera scabra in Tropicos".
- ^ Safavian, D.; Shore, J. S. (2010). "Structure of styles and pollen tubes of distylous Turnera joelii and T. scabra (Turneraceae): are there different mechanisms of incompatibility between the morphs?". Sexual Plant Reproduction. 23 (3): 225–237.
- ^ Tamari, F.; Athanasiou, A.; Shore, J. S. (2001). "Pollen tube growth and inhibition in distylous and homostylous Turnera and Piriqueta (Turneraceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 29 (5): 578–591.
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