Genus Maclura Nutt.


Summary
Genus number:
7108
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Chlorophoreae
Accession count:

50 (18  active, 6  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Ioxylon Raf., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Berg, C. C. 1986. The delimitation and subdivision of the genus Maclura (Moraceae). Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., C 89C:241-247.
  2. Datwyler, S. & G. D. Weiblen. 2004. On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae from ndhF sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 91:767-777. Note: see Appendix 2 for family tribal classification
  3. Gardner, E. M. et al. 2017. Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 117:49-59. Note: it found support for a monophyletic genus as circumscribed by Berg (1986), while his proposed tribal classification is modified
  4. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=7108. Accessed 10 May 2026.