Turpinia

Turpinia is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Staphyleaceae, native to Asia and North, Central, and South America.^[2]

Turpinia
Turpinia malabarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Crossosomatales
Family:	Staphyleaceae
Genus:	Turpinia Vent.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Eyrea Champ. ex Benth. Jahnia Pittier & S.F.Blake Lacepedea Kunth Ochranthe Lindl. Triceraia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Triceros Lour.

As of December 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

• Turpinia brachypetala (Schltr.) B.L.Linden
• Turpinia doanii T.Ð.Ðai & Yakovlev
• Turpinia hatuyenensis T.Ð.Ðai & Yakovlev
• Turpinia malabarica Gamble
• Turpinia montana (Blume) Kurz
• Turpinia occidentalis (Sw.) G.Don
• Turpinia parvifoliola L.O.Williams
• Turpinia paucijuga Lundell
• Turpinia pentandra (Schltr.) B.L.Linden
• Turpinia picardae Urb.
• Turpinia simplicifolia Merr.

Fossil record

One fossil seed of †Turpinia ettingshausenii from the early Miocene has been found in the Czech part of the Zittau Basin.^[3]