Trophis

Trophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Moreae
Genus: Trophis
P.Browne (1756)
Species[1]

5; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bucephalon L. (1753)
  • Caturus Lour. (1790), nom. illeg.
  • Cephalotrophis Blume (1856)
  • Dumartroya Gaudich. (1848)
  • Skutchia Pax & K.Hoffm. (1937)

Trophis is a genus in the plant family Moraceae which includes five species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and northern Brazil.[1] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.[2]

Phylogenetic studies suggested that the genus as formerly circumscribed was polyphyletic,[3] and several species formerly placed here have now been placed in other genera.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Trophis P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ C.C., Berg; Corner, E.J.H.; Jarrett, F.M. (2006). Moraceae - Genera other than Ficus. 1. Vol. 17. pp. 1–152. ISBN 9789071236648. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Datwyler, Shannon L.; George D. Weiblen (2004). "On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae from ndhF sequences" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 91 (5): 767–77. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.5.767. PMID 21653431.
  4. ^ Nepal, M. P., & Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Phylogenetics of Morus (Moraceae) Inferred from ITS and trnL-trnF Sequence Data. Systematic Botany, 37(2), 442–450. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41515134