Moraceae

This list of genera was made in October 2026 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Clement et al. 2020, Gardner (2023), Gardner et al. 2021a, b, c, and Gardner et al. 2026. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.

All genera (accepted genera in bold)Stored underSynonyms included
Acanthinophyllum Allemão (prev. under Clarisia Ruiz & Pav.)
Acanthotreculia Engl.Treculia Decne. ex Trécul
Afromorus E.M.Gardner (prev. under Morus L.)
Allaeanthus Thwaites
Ampalis Bojer ex Bureau
Antiaris Lesch.
Antiaropsis K.Schum.
Artocarpus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.Prainea King ex Hook.f.
Batocarpus H.Karst.
Bosqueiopsis De Wild. & T.Durand
Brosimopsis S.MooreBrosimum Sw.
Brosimum Sw.Brosimopsis S.Moore, Helianthostylis Baill., Trymatococcus Poepp. & Endl.
Broussonetia L’Hér. ex Vent.
Cardiogyne BureauMaclura Nutt.
Castilla Cerv.
Chlorophora Gaudich.Maclura Nutt.
Clarisia Ruiz & Pav.
Cudrania TréculMaclura Nutt.
Dammaropsis Warb.Ficus L.
Dorstenia L.
Fatoua Gaudich.
Ficus L.Dammaropsis Warb.
Helianthostylis Baill.Brosimum Sw.
Helicostylis Trécul
Hijmania M.D.M.Vianna (prev. under Dorstenia L.)
Hullettia King ex Hook.f.
Maclura Nutt.Cardiogyne Bureau, Chlorophora Gaudich., Cudrania Trécul, Plecospermum Trécul
Malaisia Blanco
Maquira Aubl.
Mesogyne Engl.
Milicia Sim (prev. under Chlorophora Gaudich.)
Morus L.
Naucleopsis Miq.
Noyera Trécul (prev. under Perebea Aubl.)
Olmedia Ruiz & Pav.
Parartocarpus Baill.
Paratrophis BlumePseudomorus Bureau
Perebea Aubl.
Phyllochlamys BureauTaxotrophis Blume
Plecospermum TréculMaclura Nutt.
Poulsenia Eggers
Prainea King ex Hook.f.Artocarpus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pseudolmedia Trécul
Pseudomorus BureauParatrophis Blume
Pseudostreblus Bureau
Pseudotrophis Warb.Streblus Lour.
Scyphosyce Baill.
Sloetia Teijsm. & Binn.
Sloetiopsis Engl.
Sorocea A.St.-Hil.
Sparattosyce Bureau
Streblus Lour.Pseudotrophis Warb.
Taxotrophis BlumePhyllochlamys Bureau
Treculia Decne. ex TréculAcanthotreculia Engl.
Trilepisium Thouars
Trophis P.Browne
Trymatococcus Poepp. & Endl.Brosimum Sw.

References

  • Clement, W. L., Bruun-Lund, S., Cohen, A., Kjellberg, F., Weiblen, G. D., & Rønsted, N. (2020). Evolution and classification of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) and their close relatives (Castilleae) united by involucral bracts. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(3), 316-339. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa022
  • Gardner, E. M. (2023). Phylogenomic analyses of the Neotropical Artocarpeae (Moraceae) reveal a history of introgression and support the reinstatement of Acanthinophyllum. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186, 107837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107837
  • Gardner, E. M., Audi, L., Zhang, Q., Sauquet, H., Monro, A. K., & Zerega, J. C. (2021). Phylogenomics of Brosimum (Moraceae) and allied genera, including a revised subgeneric system. TAXON, 70(4), 778-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12503
  • Gardner, E. M., Garner, M., Cowan, R., Dodsworth, S., Epitawalage, N., Arifiani, D., Baker, W. J., Forest, F., Maurin, O., Zerega, J. C., Monro, A. K., Hipp, A. L. (2021). Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: Phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). Taxon, 70(5), 946-988. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12526
  • Gardner, E. M., Johnson, M. G., Pereira, J. T., Puad, A. S., Arifiani, D., Wickett, N. J., Zerega, N. J. (2021). Paralogs and Off-Target Sequences Improve Phylogenetic Resolution in a Densely Sampled Study of the Breadfruit Genus (Artocarpus, Moraceae). Systematic Biology, 70(3), 558-575. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa073
  • Gardner, E. M., Zhang, Q., Zerega, J. C., Sauquet, H. (2026). A revised delimitation of Dorstenia and allied genera (Moraceae), supported by phylogenomics and morphology. TAXON, 75(4), e70151. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.70151
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].

Foto: Ficus Tourn. ex L. © Luo Chen