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|accepted_name=Morus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 986. 175
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 424. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Mulberry;mûrier
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Moraceae;Morus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Morus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin morum, mulberry
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, deciduous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap milky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Terminal </b>buds surrounded by bud-scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule duration">stipules caducous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf-blade shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate to broadly ovate, margins entire or lobed, dentate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="margin shape;margin shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture">venation nearly palmate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence orientation;inflorescence orientation;inflorescence shape;catkin architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>pedunculate catkins, erect or pendent, cylindric.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers:</b> staminate and pistillate on same or different plants.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 4 (4-5 in M. alba);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen orientation">stamens 4, inflexed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal coloration;sepal architecture or pubescence or shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 4, green, of 2 sizes, ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary superior, 2-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;style architecture;branch arrangement or course or shape">style 2-branched, branches linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Syncarps </b>short-cylindric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="syncarp shape;calyx size;calyx texture">each achene enclosed by its enlarged, fleshy calyx.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="x chromosome quantity">x = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Widespread in temperate and tropical regions;North America;Europe;and Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Morus nigra Linnaeus has been reported in floras by various authors (J. K. Small 1903, 1933; R. W. Long and O. Lakela 1971), apparently based on dark-fruited M. alba. It is native to Asia, commonly cultivated in Europe for its fruit, and locally naturalized in southern Europe. Occasionally cultivated in North America, it is not known to be naturalized. Because of the similarity to and confusion with M. alba, some American authors place it in synonymy with that species.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Mature leaf blade less than 7 cm, abaxially harshly scabrous or pubescent, adaxially harshly scabrous; petiole to 1.5 cm.
|[[Morus microphylla|Morus microphylla]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Mature leaf blade usually more than 8 cm, adaxially slightly if at all scabrous; petiole 2 cm or more.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or with pubescence only along major veins or in tufts in axils of principal lateral veins and midribs, adaxially glabrous to sparsely pubescent.
|[[Morus alba|Morus alba]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade abaxially pubescent or puberulent, adaxially with short, stiff, antrorsely appressed trichomes, usually scabrous.
|[[Morus rubra|Morus rubra]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Morus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Moraceae
|distribution=Widespread in temperate and tropical regions;North America;Europe;and Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Morus
|branch arrangement or course or shape=linear
|calyx size=enlarged
|calyx texture=fleshy
|catkin architecture=pedunculate
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|inflorescence orientation=pendent;erect
|inflorescence shape=cylindric
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf-blade shape=ovate;broadly ovate
|margin architecture=palmate
|margin architecture or shape=dentate
|margin shape=lobed;entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|ovary position=superior
|sap coloration=milky
|sepal architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|sepal coloration=green
|sepal quantity=4;4
|stamen orientation=inflexed
|stamen quantity=4
|stipule duration=caducous
|style architecture=2-branched
|syncarp shape=short-cylindric
|whole_organism duration=deciduous;deciduous
|whole_organism growth form=shrub;tree
|x chromosome quantity=14
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