Moraceae Gaudich.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Trinius] 13. 1835 (1835)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Berg, C. C. & Hijman, M. E. E. (1999). The genus Dorstenia (Moraceae). Bergen University.
  • Berg, C. C. (1972). Olmedieae and Brosimeae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 7. New York Botanical Garden, New York.
  • Berg, C. C. (1977). Revisions of African Moraceae (excluding Dorstenia & Ficus). Bull Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47 (3/4): 267–407.
  • Berg, C. C. (2003). Moraceae – Ficus. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, vol. 1, part 2. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Jarrett, F. M. (1960). Studies in Artocarpus and allied genera. J. Arnold Arbor. 41: 320–334.

Neotropikey

  • Berg, C.C. & M.E.E. Hijman. (1999). The genus Dorstenia (Moraceae). Ilicifolia 2:1-211.
  • Berg, C.C. & X. Villavicencio. (2004). Taxonomic studies on Ficus (Moraceae) in the West Indies, extra-Amazonian Brazil, and Bolivia. Ilicifolia 4:1-132.
  • Berg, C.C. (1972). Olmedieae and Brosimeae. Flora Neotropica 7. Hafner Publishing Company, New York.
  • Berg, C.C. (1998)b. Moraceae (excl. Ficus). In: G. Harling & L. Andersson (eds.). Flora of Ecuador. Vol. 27B. Arlöv, Sweden. 128p.
  • Berg, C.C. (2001). Moreae, Artocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae). With introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Flora Neotropica Monograph 83. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. p. 347.
  • Berg, C.C.(1992). Moraceae. In: A.R.A. Görts-van Rijn (ed.). Flora of the Guianas. vol. 21. Koenigstein, Germany. 82p.
  • Carauta, J.P.P. (1978). Dorstenia L. (Moraceae) do Brasil e Países Limítrofes. Rodriguesia 29(44): 52-223.
  • Clement, W.L. & Weiblen, G.D. (2009). Morphological Evolution in the Mulberry Family (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 34(3): 530-552.
  • Miquel, F.A.W. 1853 (1965). Urticineae. In: C.F.P. von Martius (ed.). Flora Brasiliensis vol. 4 part. 1, pp. 79-170. J. Cramer, Weinheim.
  • Ribeiro, J.E.L.S. (2007). Studies on the phylogeny, taxonomy and evolution of reproductive characters in Moraceae Gaudich. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Ph.D. thesis). 124p. (in Portuguese).
  • Rohwer, J.G. (1993). Moraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. II. Spring-Verlag, Berlin. 438-453.
  • Sakai, S. (2001). Thrips pollination of androdioecious Castillaelastica (Moraceae) in a seasonal tropical forest. American Journal of Botany 88(9): 1527-1534.
  • Sytsma, K.J.; Morawetz, J.; Pires, J.C.; Nepokroeff, M.; Conti, E.; Zjhra, M.; Hall, J.C. & Chase, M.W. (2002). Urticalean Rosids: circumscription, Rosid ancestry, and phylogenetics based on rbcL, trnL-F, and ndhF sequences. American Journal of Botany 89(9): 1531-1546.
  • Zerega, N.J.C., L.A. Moundy & G.D. Weiblen. (2004). Pollination in the New Guinea endemic Antiaropsisdecipiens (Moraceae) is mediated by a new species of thrips, Thripsantiaropsidis sp. nov. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(6):1017-1026.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Berg, C.C. & Corner, E.J.H. (2005). Moraceae – Ficus. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 17(2): 1–730.
  • Berg, C.C., Corner, E.J.H. & Jarrett, F.M. (2006). Moraceae – genera other than Ficus. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 17(1): 1–152.
  • Corner, E.J.H. (1965). Checklist of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 1–186.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Rohwer, J.G. (1993) Moraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 438–453. Spring-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Zerega, N.J.C, Nur Supardi, M.N. & Motley, T.J. (2010). Phylogeny and recircumscription of Artocarpeae (Moraceae) with a focus on Artocarpus. Syst. Bot. 35: 766–782.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Brummitt, R. K. & Wilmot-Dear, C. M. (2007). Moraceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering Plant Families of the World, pp. 218–219. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clement, W. L. & Weiblen, G. D. (2009). Morphological evolution in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Syst. Bot. 34: 530–552.
  • Rohwer, J. G. & Berg, C. C. (1993). Moraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, II: 438–453. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C. M. (2015b). Moraceae. In: T. M. A. Utteridge & G. Bramley (eds), The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook. 1st edition. pp. 76–77. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ali, Wan; et al. [S. 66721] Malaysia K001567474 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Wurdack, K.J.; Glennon, K.; Liverpool, E.; Benjamin, P.; Hinchcliff, C.E. [3801] Guyana K001636903 No
Pipoly, J.J. [11288] Guyana K001636993 No
Awang Enjah; et al. [S.84535] Malaysia K001561313 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Wurdack, K.J.; Liverpool, E.; Benjamin, P.; Benjamin, V.; Hinchcliff, C.E. [3960] Guyana K001636902 No
Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB011] Indonesia K:SPC-73943.000 No
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Hopkins, M.J.G.; Assunçào, P.A.C.L.; Souza, S.S. [1204] Brazil K001257756 Yes

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0