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Morus (mulberry)
Taxonomy
Morus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Moraceae by Linnaeus (1758), Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1961), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Moraceae by Linnaeus (1758), Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1961), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Morus Linnaeus |
| 1758 | Morus Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Morus Knowlton |
| 1961 | Morus Chandler p. 144 |
| 1976 | Morus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Morus Chauhan |
| 1996 | Morus Liu et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Morus Linnaeus 1753 [mulberry]
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†Morus affinis Lesquereux 1871
Morus alba Linnaeus 1753
Morus indica Linnaeus 1753
Morus nigra Linnaeus 1753
Morus papyrifera Linnaeus 1753
Morus rubra Linnaeus 1753
†Morus symmetrica Cockerell 1908
Morus tatarica Linnaeus 1753
Morus tinctoria Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Morus montanensis (57995) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Morus sp. (22811) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Morus symmetrica (24209) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | Morus sibirica (22849) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Morus sibirica (23888 23891) Morus sibirica, Morus glabra (22888 22889 23663 23669) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Morus sp. (23908) Morus tertiaria (23906 23907) | |
| Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Morus sp. (231824) | |
| Miocene | China (Zhejiang) | Morus asymmetrica (224041) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | Morus tertiaria (28284) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Morus alba (28442) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Morus germanica (23618) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Morus sibirica (24324) Morus sp. (24099) Morus tertiaria (24094 24100 24286 24287 24320) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Jiangsu) | Morus asymmetrica (223931) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | Morus aldanensis (27277) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Morus ucrainica (22778) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Morus sp. (228785) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Morus sp. (228762) |