Maclura [SEP] parent taxon
Maclura
Maclura is a genus of flowering plants in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes the inedible Osage orange, which is used as mosquito repellent and grown throughout the United States as a hedging plant.
"Maclura" is closely related to the genus "Cudrania", and hybrids between the two genera have been produced. Some botanists recognize a more broadly defined "Maclura" that includes species previously included in "Cudrania" and other genera of Moraceae.
Species.
- "Maclura africana" (Africa
sequences, Moreae s.s. is a sister taxon to the Artocarpeae if "Bagassa" and "Sorocea" are included in the Moreae. So defined, Moreae s.s. includes "Bagassa", "Morus", "Milicia" and "Sorocea", together with some (but not all) of the species currently placed in "Streblus" and "Trophis". Moreae s.l. included all of these genera, together with "Bleekrodea", "Broussonetia", "Fatoua", "Maclura" and the remaining