Biology:Maclura

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Maclura
Temporal range: Paleogene–Recent
(Molecular clock)
Maclura pomifera2.jpg
M. pomifera foliage and fruit
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Maclureae
Genus: Maclura
Nutt.[1]
Species

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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.[2] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.[3]

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.[citation needed] The genus likely originated in South America during the Paleogene.[4]

Species

Etymology

The genus is named in honor of William Maclure (1763-1840), a Scottish-born American geologist and educational reformer. President of the American Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for 22 years. Maclure made major contributions to his field, including the first true geological map of any part of North America, and was a strong advocate of universal education, especially for women.

Formerly placed here

Fossil record

Fossils similar to Maclura have been reported from the Middle Eocene of England .[5]

References

  1. "Maclura Nutt.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-16. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7108. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 
  2. Burton, J D (1990), Hardwoods, 2, Washington, D.C.: United States Forest Service (USFS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), https://srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/ag_654/volume_2/maclura/pomifera.htm, retrieved 2009-03-03 
  3. C.C., Berg; Corner, E.J.H.; Jarrett, F.M. (2006). Moraceae - Genera other than Ficus. 1. 17. pp. 1–152. ISBN 9789071236648. 
  4. Gardner, Elliot M.; Sarraf, Paya; Williams, Evelyn W.; Zerega, Nyree J.C. (December 2017). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 117: 49–59. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021. PMID 28698111. 
  5. "Broussonetia – Maclura clade, and its probable ancestral area… – Figure 2". https://www.researchgate.net/figure/292995365_fig2_Fig-2-Broussonetia-Maclura-clade-and-its-probable-ancestral-area-Fragment-of-the. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q137091 entry