Artocarpus

Artocarpus
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Artocarpus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Gigotorcya Buc'hoz (1783)
  • Polyphema Lour. (1790)
  • Radermachia Thunb. (1776)
  • Rima Sonn. (1776)
  • Saccus Rumph. ex Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Sitodium Parkinson (1773)

Artocarpus is a genus of approximately 60 trees and shrubs of Southeast Asian and Pacific origin, belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae. Most species of Artocarpus are restricted to Southeast Asia; a few cultivated species are more widely distributed, especially A. altilis (breadfruit) and A. heterophyllus (jackfruit), which are cultivated throughout the tropics.[2]

  1. ^ Artocarpus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ Zerega, Nyree J. C.; Diane Ragone; Timothy J. Motley (2005). "Systematics and Species Limits of Breadfruit (Artocarpus, Moraceae)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 30 (3): 603–15. doi:10.1600/03636440yy54782134.