Morus (Moraceae)

Morus alba

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: Moreae
Genus: Morus
Species: M. alba – M. boninensis – M. cathayana – M. celtidifolia – M. indica – M. koordersiana – M. liboensis – M. macroura – M. microphylla – M. miyabeana – M. mongolica – M. nigra – M. notabilis – M. rubra – M. serrata – M. trilobata – M. wittiorum

Name

Morus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 986 (1753) emend. Gardner et al. (2021)

• Type species: Morus nigra L., Sp. Pl. 1: 986. (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:America & Asia Alabama, Andaman Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Louisiana, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Rhode I., Sakhalin, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Austria, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chagos Archipelago, Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gambia, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Maine, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, New Hampshire, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Society Is., South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 986. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gardner, E.M., Garner, M., Cowan, R., Dodsworth, S., Epitawalage, N., Arifiani, D., Baker, W.J., Forest, F., Maurin, O., Zerega, N.J.C., Monro, A.K. & Hipp, A.L. 2021. Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). Taxon 70(5): 946–988. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12526 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Morus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Morus. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Morus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Apr. 2023.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Шаўкоўніца
čeština: Moruše
dansk: Morbær
Deutsch: Maulbeeren
English: Mulberry
español: Morera
suomi: Mulperipuut
français: Mûrier
latviešu: Zīdkoki
Nederlands: Moerbei
polski: Morwa
português: Amoreiras
Türkçe: Dut
українська: Шовковиця
中文: 桑属

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