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Moraceae

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Moraceae

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Also known as mulberry family, fig family

Moraceae is a family of flowering plants comprising about 48 genera and over 1100 species, and is commonly known as the mulberry or fig family. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however, their distribution is cosmopolitan overall. The only common characteristics within the family are the presence of latex-producing glands in the leaves and stems, and milky sap in the soft tissues; but generally useful field characters include two carpels sometimes with one reduced, compound inconspicuous flowers, and compound fruits. The family includes wel

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Moraceae is a family of plants within the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The family is also known by common names such as the Mulberry or Fig Family. Its taxonomic type is Morus, and it produces fruit of the drupe type. The family has been described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and is currently accepted in taxonomic records.

The family dates back to about 80 million years ago. Occurrence records are documented from countries including the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, China, and the Philippines. These records are held by institutions such as SDNHM, CICY, ECOSUR, IIB-UV, and IGL-UNAM.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

morbærfamilien

Moraceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRosales
  5. FamilyMoraceae
Observations recorded1,312,660

General: Moraceae can be recognised by the presence of milky sap Appearance: in all parts of the plant, makes Moraceae difficult to confuse

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,871
With media
1,463
Family
Moraceae
Collections
SDNHM, CICY, ECOSUR, IIB-UV, IGL-UNAM, CAS
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Guatemala, China, Philippines, Myanmar
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Research

5,708 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rosales
Image
Castilla elastica - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-174.jpg
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taxon name
Moraceae
Commons category
Moraceae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Moraceae
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=735
taxon common name
murvovke
has fruit type
drupe
taxonomic type
Morus
start time
80000000-0
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Overall
  • Flowers
  • Leaves
  • Fruits and seeds
  • Taxonomy
  • Phylogeny
  • Tribes and genera
  • Fossil genera and species
  • Evolution
  • Distribution
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Moraceae is a family of flowering plants comprising about 48 genera and over 1100 species, and is commonly known as the mulberry or fig family. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however, their distribution is cosmopolitan overall. The only common characteristics within the family are the presence of latex-producing glands in the leaves and stems, and milky sap in the soft tissues; but generally useful field characters include two carpels sometimes with one reduced, compound inconspicuous flowers, and compound fruits. The family includes well-known plants such as the common fig, breadfruit, jackfruit and mulberry. The 'flowers' of Moraceae are often pseudanthia (reduced inflorescences).

thumb|Ficus retusa (Moraceae) in [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore]]

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