Morus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Iran to Kuril Islands and W. Malesia, N. & Central America, W. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

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, Philippines, 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 Republic, Central European Russia, Chagos Archipelago, Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gambia, Germany, Great Britain, 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, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Society Is., South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is., Xinjiang

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 1: 1-779. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 19.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C.C. Berg in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 47: 335 (1977)
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 424 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)
  • in F.T.EA., Moraceae: 2 (1989).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg in B.J.B.B. 47: 335 (1977)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 424 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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