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Moraceae

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Also known as mulberry family, fig family

famiglia di piante

OverviewAI-generated

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.

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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

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
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
Sources (3)

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Article · Italiano

Le Moracee (Moraceae Gaudich.) sono una famiglia di angiosperme dell'ordine Rosales, diffuse soprattutto nelle zone climatiche tropicali e subtropicali, e in misura minore nelle zone temperate. In Italia sono presenti poche specie quasi sempre di antica introduzione come piante coltivate. I due generi della famiglia con il maggior numero di specie sono Ficus e .

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