Turnera ulmifoliaL.

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WFO wfo-0000457708 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. a 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201487686
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. b Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198696381
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. c Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197065536
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. d Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194432625
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189076811
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188309712
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. g Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186991569
Turnera ulmifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204370417

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Turnera ulmifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCentral American Pacific Is.Costa RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáSouthwest Caribbean BahamasBermudaCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Turnera ulmifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bermuda BER
Cayman Is. CAY
Central American Pacific Is. CPI
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Turnera alba Liebm.
  • Turnera angustifolia Mill.
  • Turnera chamaedrys Klotzsch
  • Turnera cistoides Baill.
  • Turnera corchoroides Klotzsch
  • Turnera frutescens Mill. ex Steud.
  • Turnera obtusifolia Sm.
  • Turnera opifera Benth.
  • Turnera surinamensis Miq.
  • Turnera ulmifolia var. alba (Liebm.) Rose
  • Turnera virgata Willd. ex Schult.
  • Waltheria terminalis Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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