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Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — is a family of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates. The only synapomorphy
Synapomorphy

In evolutionary biology, a synapomorphy is a derived character state shared by two or more terminal groups and inherited from their most recent common ancestor....
 within Moraceae is presence of lactifers and milky sap in all parenchymatous tissues, but generally useful field characters include 2 carpels sometimes with 1 reduced, compound inconspicuous flowers, and compound fruits.






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Morus-alba.jpg

Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — is a family of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates. The only synapomorphy
Synapomorphy

In evolutionary biology, a synapomorphy is a derived character state shared by two or more terminal groups and inherited from their most recent common ancestor....
 within Moraceae is presence of lactifers and milky sap in all parenchymatous tissues, but generally useful field characters include 2 carpels sometimes with 1 reduced, compound inconspicuous flowers, and compound fruits. Included are well-known plants such as the fig
FIG

FIG may refer to:* F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique* International Federation of Surveyors...
, banyan
Banyan

A banyan is a Ficus that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree . "Banyan" often refers specifically to the species Ficus benghalensis, though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a unique life cycle, and systematics to refer to the subgenus Urostigma'...
, breadfruit
Breadfruit

Breadfruit is a species of Flowering plant tree in the Morus family, Moraceae, that is native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific Ocean islands....
, mulberry
Mulberry

Morus or Mulberry is a genus of 10?16 species of deciduous trees native to warm, temperate, and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with the majority of the species native to Asia....
, and osage-orange
Osage-orange

Osage-orange, Horse-apple or Bois D'Arc is Plant sexuality plant species, with male and female flowers on different plants. It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to tall....
. The 'flowers' of Moraceae are often pseudanthia
Pseudanthium

A pseudanthium or flower head is a special type of inflorescence, in which several flowers are grouped together to form a flower-like structure....
 (reduced inflorescences).

Classification

Formerly positioned within the now defunct order Urticales, recent genetic studies have resulted in its placement within Rosales in a clade called the urticalean rosids that also includes Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae

Ulmaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes the elms , and the zelkovas . Members of the family are widely distributed throughout the Temperate, and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for Australasia....
, Celtidaceae, Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae

Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants.According to the Royal Botanical Gardens database, there are 170 species grouped in nine to fifteen genera, including three well-known genera Cannabis , Hop and Hackberry ....
 and Urticaceae
Urticaceae

Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known, interesting and useful plants, including genus Urtica , Boehmeria nivea , Pipturus albidus , and Debregeasia saeneb ....
. Cecropia
Cecropia

Cecropia is a genus of about 25 species of trees in the nettle family . They are native to the tropical Americas, where they form one of the most recognisable components of the rainforest....
, which were variously placed in the Moraceae, the Urticaceae, or an own family Cecropicaceae, have turned out to belong in the Urticaceae.

Moraceae includes 5 tribes: Artocarpeae, Moreae, Dorstenieae, Ficeae, and Castilleae. With the exception of Moreae, which is large, morphologically diverse, and has a wide geographic distribution, these tribes are monophyletic. Based on molecular analyses of the phylogeny of these tribes, Moraceae is thought to have diverged 73-110 mya (unit)
Mya (unit)

In astronomy, geology, and paleontology, mya or "m.y.a." is an abbreviation for "million years ago". Like the related unit bya, mya is traditionally written in lower case....
. Results from molecular analyses of Moraceae phylogeny have also suggested that contrary to the conventional principle that dioecy evolves from monoecy, dioecy was the primitive state in Moraceae and monoecy evolved within in it up to four times.

Genera
  • Antiaris
    Antiaris

    Antiaris is a tropical genus of latex producing evergreen trees in the Moraceae or fig family.Some species include:*Antiaris africana Adolf Engler, an economic hardwood of Africa, an African species which grows in the drier forests of the tropics....
  • Antiaropsis
  • Artocarpus
    Artocarpus

    Artocarpus is a genus of about 60 trees of Southeast Asian origin and the Pacific, belonging to the mulberry family Moraceae.This genus is closely related to and rather difficult to distinguish from the genus Ficus....
     - Breadfruit
    Breadfruit

    Breadfruit is a species of Flowering plant tree in the Morus family, Moraceae, that is native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific Ocean islands....
    , Jackfruit
    Jackfruit

    The jackfruit is a species of tree of the mulberry family native to parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is well suited to tropical lowlands....
  • Bagassa
  • Batocarpus
  • Bosqueiopsis
  • Brosimum
    Brosimum

    Brosimum is a genus of plants in the family Moraceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.The Breadnut was used by the Maya civilization for its edible nut....
     - Breadnut
  • Broussonetia
    Broussonetia

    Broussonetia is a genus of four species of trees in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia.References...
     - Paper Mulberry
    Paper Mulberry

    The Paper Mulberry is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and tapa cloth tree....
  • Castilla
    Castilla (plant)

    Castilla is a tree genus belonging to the family Moraceae found native in Central America. It is named after Juan Diego del Castillo , a botanist, who was friends with Vicente Cervantes, who chose the name in his friend's honor....
  • Clarisia
  • Craterogyne
  • Cudrania
  • Dorstenia
  • Fatoua
  • Ficus
    FIG

    FIG may refer to:* F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique* International Federation of Surveyors...
     - Fig trees, Banyan
    Banyan

    A banyan is a Ficus that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree . "Banyan" often refers specifically to the species Ficus benghalensis, though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a unique life cycle, and systematics to refer to the subgenus Urostigma'...
    s
  • Helianthostylis
  • Helicostylis
    Helicostylis

    Helicostylis is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.Species include:* Helicostylis heterotricha, Adolpho Ducke* Helicostylis tomentosa, Rusby...
  • Hullettia
  • Maclura
    Maclura

    Maclura is a genus of flowering plant in the Morus family, Moraceae. It includes the inedible Maclura pomifera, which is used as mosquito repellent and grown throughout the United States as a hedging plant....
     - Osage-orange
    Osage-orange

    Osage-orange, Horse-apple or Bois D'Arc is Plant sexuality plant species, with male and female flowers on different plants. It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to tall....
  • Maquira
  • Mesogyne
    Mesogyne

    Mesogyne is a genus of plant in family Moraceae . The genus is found in east Africa.Species include:* Mesogyne henriquesii * Mesogyne insignis, Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler...
  • Metatrophis
    Metatrophis

    Metatrophis is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.Species include:* Metatrophis margaretae, F. Brown...
  • Milicia
    Milicia

    Milicia may refer to:* the Milicia is the Sicily river that has its mouth at Palermo.* Milicia is a genus in the plant family Moraceae....
  • Morus
    Mulberry

    Morus or Mulberry is a genus of 10?16 species of deciduous trees native to warm, temperate, and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with the majority of the species native to Asia....
     - Mulberry
    Mulberry

    Morus or Mulberry is a genus of 10?16 species of deciduous trees native to warm, temperate, and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with the majority of the species native to Asia....
  • Naucleopsis
    Naucleopsis

    Naucleopsis is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.Species include:* Naucleopsis chiguila, Benoist* Naucleopsis oblongifolia, Carauta...
  • Olmedia
  • Olmediopsis
  • Parartocarpus
  • Perebia
  • Poulsenia
    Poulsenia

    Poulsenia is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Moraceae, native to rainforests from Mexico south through Venezuela to Bolivia. The only species is P....
  • Prainea
  • Pseudolmedia
    Pseudolmedia

    Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family . They are known in Latin America as lechechiva and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine....
  • Scyphosyce
  • Sorocea
    Sorocea

    Sorocea is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.Species include:* Sorocea guilleminiana, Gaudichaud* Sorocea sarcocarpa, Lanj. & Wess. Boer...
  • Sparattosyce
  • Streblus
    Streblus

    Streblus is a genus of flowering plant in the Morus family, Moraceae.*Siamese Rough Bush - Siamese rough bush*Whalebone Tree*    Streblus elongatus...
  • Treculia
  • Trilepisium
    Trilepisium

    Trilepisium is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.Species include:* Trilepisium gymnandrum, J.Gerlach...
  • Trophis
  • Trymatococcus
  • Utsetela


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