Trophis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Moreae
Genus: Trophis
Species: T. racemosa
Name

Trophis P.Browne

Trophis is a genus in the plant family Moraceae which includes about nine species, six of which are Neotropical and three which are Palaeotropical. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.[1]

Recent work suggests that the genus is polyphyletic.[2]
Selected species

Trophis branderhorstii (Diels) Corner
Trophis caucana (Pittier) C.C.Berg
Trophis cuspidata Lundell
Trophis drupacea (Diels) Corner
Trophis involucrata W.C.Burger
Trophis mexicana (Liebm.) Bureau
Trophis noraminervae Cuevas & Carvajal
Trophis philippinensis (Bureau) Corner
Trophis racemosa (L.) Urb.
Trophis scandens (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.

References

C.C., Berg; Corner, E.J.H.; Jarrett, F.M. (2006). Moraceae - Genera other than Ficus. Flora Malesiana. 1. 17. pp. 1–152. ISBN 9789071236648.
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.V