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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Moraceae
| image = Koeh-174.jpg
| image_width = 250 px
| image_caption = Panama Rubber Tree (''Castilla elastica'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| phylum = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = '''Moraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Moraceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s commonly known as the mulberry family. It comprises about 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates. Included are well-known plants like the [[fig]], [[banyan]], [[breadfruit]], [[mulberry]], and [[osage-orange]].
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Antiaris]]''
*''[[Antiaropsis]]''
*''[[Artocarpus]]'' - [[Breadfruit]], [[Jackfruit]]
*''[[Bagassa]]''
*''[[Batocarpus]]''
*''[[Bosqueiopsis]]''
*''[[Brosimum]]'' - [[Breadnut]]
*''[[Paper Mulberry|Broussonetia]]'' - [[Paper Mulberry]]
*''[[Castilla (plant)|Castilla]]''
*''[[Clarisia]]''
*''[[Craterogyne]]''
*''[[Cudrania]]''
*''[[Dorstenia]]''
*''[[Fatoua]]''
|
*''[[Fig|Ficus]]'' - [[Fig]], [[Banyan]]
*''[[Helianthostylis]]''
*''[[Helicostylis]]''
*''[[Hullettia]]''
*''[[Osage-orange|Maclura]]'' - [[Osage-orange]]
*''[[Maquira]]''
*''[[Mesogyne]]''
*''[[Metatrophis]]''
*''[[Milicia]]''
*''[[Mulberry|Morus]]'' - [[Mulberry]]
*''[[Naucleopsis]]''
*''[[Olmedia]]''
*''[[Olmediopsis]]''
*''[[Parartocarpus]]''
|
*''[[Perebia]]''
*''[[Poulsenia]]''
*''[[Prainea]]''
*''[[Pseudolmedia]]''
*''[[Scyphosyce]]''
*''[[Sorocea]]''
*''[[Sparattosyce]]''
*''[[Streblus]]''
*''[[Treculia]]''
*''[[Trilepisium]]''
*''[[Trophis (genus)|Trophis]]''<!-- Bird Conservation International (2007) 17:45–61. doi: 10.1017/S0959270906000554 -->
*''[[Trymatococcus]]''
*''[[Utsetela]]''
|}
== External Reference ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/moraceae.htm Moraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
[[Category:Moraceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Moraceae
| image = Koeh-174.jpg
| image_width = 250 px
| image_caption = Panama Rubber Tree (''Castilla elastica'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| phylum = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = '''Moraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Moraceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s commonly known as the mulberry family. It comprises about 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates. Included are well-known plants like the [[fig]], [[banyan]], [[breadfruit]], [[mulberry]], and [[osage-orange]].
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Antiaris]]''
*''[[Antiaropsis]]''
*''[[Artocarpus]]'' - [[Breadfruit]], [[Jackfruit]]
*''[[Bagassa]]''
*''[[Batocarpus]]''
*''[[Bosqueiopsis]]''
*''[[Brosimum]]'' - [[Breadnut]]
*''[[Paper Mulberry|Broussonetia]]'' - [[Paper Mulberry]]
*''[[Castilla (plant)|Castilla]]''
*''[[Clarisia]]''
*''[[Craterogyne]]''
*''[[Cudrania]]''
*''[[Dorstenia]]''
*''[[Fatoua]]''
|
*''[[Fig|Ficus]]'' - [[Fig]], [[Banyan]]
*''[[Helianthostylis]]''
*''[[Helicostylis]]''
*''[[Hullettia]]''
*''[[Osage-orange|Maclura]]'' - [[Osage-orange]]
*''[[Maquira]]''
*''[[Mesogyne]]''
*''[[Metatrophis]]''
*''[[Milicia]]''
*''[[Mulberry|Morus]]'' - [[Mulberry]]
*''[[Naucleopsis]]''
*''[[Olmedia]]''
*''[[Olmediopsis]]''
*''[[Parartocarpus]]''
|
*''[[Perebia]]''
*''[[Poulsenia]]''
*''[[Prainea]]''
*''[[Pseudolmedia]]''
*''[[Scyphosyce]]''
*''[[Sorocea]]''
*''[[Sparattosyce]]''
*''[[Streblus]]''
*''[[Treculia]]''
*''[[Trilepisium]]''
*''[[Trophis (genus)|Trophis]]''<!-- Bird Conservation International (2007) 17:45–61. doi: 10.1017/S0959270906000554 -->
*''[[Trymatococcus]]''
*''[[Utsetela]]''
|}
== External Reference ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/moraceae.htm Moraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
[[Category:Moraceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
