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Taxon

Morus nigra L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 986. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 106.jpg

Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 110.jpg

Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 110.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 108.jpg

Morus nigra--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 108.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Iran; introduced into 33 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Morus

Specific Epithet

nigra

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#103,637 of 335,497

Top 31%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →