Maclura

Maclura pomifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Maclureae
Genus: Maclura

Species

M. africana – M. andamanica – M. brasiliensis – M. cochinchinensis – M. fruticosa – M. mollis – M. pomifera – M. pubescens – M. spinosa – M. tinctoria – M. tricuspidata

Name

Maclura Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 233–234. (1818) nom. cons.

• Type species: Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1(5): 806. (1906). Designated as synonym Maclura aurantiaca Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 233. (1818)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Vanieria Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 539, 564. (1790) nom. rej. against Cudrania Trecul (1847)
  • Ioxylon Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 118. (1817)
  • Chlorophora Gaudich., Voy. Uranie 509. (1826)
  • Joxylon Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 814 (1840)
  • Cudrania Trécul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 122. (1847)
  • Plecospermum Trécul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 124. (1847)
  • Cardiogyne Bureau, Prodr. 17: 213, 232. (1873)
  • Cudranus Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 290 (1859), orth. var.
  • × Macludrania André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 77: 362 (1905)
  • Sukaminea Raf. in New Fl. 3: 44 (1838)
  • Fusticus Raf. in New Fl. 3: 43 (1838)

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The Genera of North American Plants 2: 233–234. BHL

Additional references

• Gardner, E.M., Sarraf, P., Williams, E.W. & Zerega, N.J. 2017. Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 117: 49-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Maclura in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Maclura. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Maclura. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar. 2016.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Milchorangenbaum
English: Osage-orange
suomi: Mulperiot
français: Maclure
Nederlands: Osagedoorn
русский: Маклюра
Türkçe: Yalancı portakalağacı

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