Biology:Batocarpus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Batocarpus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Batocarpus
H.Karst.
Species

3 species, see text

Batocarpus is a genus of trees in the family Moraceae, native to North and South America (from Costa Rica to Bolivia).[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Batocarpus contains the following species:[2]

  • Batocarpus amazonicus (Ducke) Fosberg
  • Batocarpus costaricensis Standl. & L.O. Williams
  • Batocarpus orinocensis H. Karst.

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013) (in en). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. pp. 60. ISBN 9780123969545. 
  2. "Batocarpus — The Plant List" (in en). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Moraceae/Batocarpus/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3755453 entry