Afromorus mesozygia

Afromorus mesozygia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Moreae
Genus: Afromorus
Species: Afromorus mesozygia

Name

Afromorus mesozygia (Stapf) E.M.Gardner, Taxon 70: 968 (2021)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Morus mesozygia Stapf in J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 99 (1909)
• Heterotypic
  • Celtis lactea Sim in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 97 (1909)
  • Morus lactea (Sim) Mildbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 243 (1922)
  • Morus mesozygia var. colossea A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 29: 71 (1949)
  • Morus mesozygia var. lactea (Sim) A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 29: 72 (1949)
  • Morus mesozygia var. sanda A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 29: 71 (1949)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Central African Repu, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre Regional:Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gardner, E.M., Garner, M., Cowan, R., Dodsworth, S., Epitawalage, N., Arifiani, D., Baker, W.J., Forest, F., Maurin, O., Zerega, N.J.C., Monro, A.K. & Hipp, A.L. 2021. Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). Taxon 70(5): 946–988. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12526 Reference page. : 968

Additional references

• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Afromorus mesozygia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Afromorus mesozygia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 23 2023.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Afrikamoerbei
العربية: توت إفريقي
中文: 非洲桑

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