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Trophis

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Trophis
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Moreae
Genus: Trophis
P.Browne(1756)
Species[1]

5; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • BucephalonL. (1753)
  • CaturusLour. (1790), nom. illeg.
  • CephalotrophisBlume (1856)
  • DumartroyaGaudich. (1848)
  • SkutchiaPax & K.Hoffm. (1937)

Trophisis a genus in the plant familyMoraceaewhich includes five species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and northern Brazil.[1]It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.[2]

Phylogenetic studies suggested that the genus as formerly circumscribed waspolyphyletic,[3]and several species formerly placed here have now been placed in other genera.[4]

Species

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Five species are currently accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^abcdTrophisP.Browne.Plants of the World Online.Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^C.C., Berg; Corner, E.J.H.; Jarrett, F.M. (2006).Moraceae - Genera other than Ficus.1. Vol. 17. pp. 1–152.ISBN9789071236648.{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)
  3. ^Datwyler, Shannon L.; George D. Weiblen (2004)."On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae fromndhFsequences "(PDF).American Journal of Botany.91(5): 767–77.doi:10.3732/ajb.91.5.767.PMID21653431.
  4. ^Nepal, M. P., & Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Phylogenetics of Morus (Moraceae) Inferred from ITS and trnL-trnF Sequence Data.Systematic Botany,37(2), 442–450.http:// jstor.org/stable/41515134