View source for Brosimum ← Brosimum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Brosimum |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Prodr., |place=12. 1788, name conserved }} |common_names=Breadnut |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moraceae;Brosimum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brosimum]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek brosimos, edible |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> evergreen; sap milky. <b>Terminal</b> buds surrounded by bud scales. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipules caducous, free. <b>Leaf</b> blade oblong, leathery, margins entire, never lobed; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> globose heads. <b>Flowers</b>: staminate and pistillate on same plants; perianth vestigial. <b>Staminate</b> flowers numerous, surrounding 1-2 central pistillate flowers; stamen 1, straight; anther peltate, dehiscence circumscissile. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers borne inside receptacle; bracts peltate; ovary 1, inferior, 1-locular; style 2-branched. <b>Syncarps</b> somewhat globose; each achene embedded in enlarged, pulpy receptacle. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Neotropical. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 24 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=berg1972a |text=Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 65+ vols. New York. Vol. 7: 1-229. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Brosimum |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moraceae |distribution=Neotropical. |reference=berg1972a |publication title=Prodr., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_195.xml |genus=Brosimum }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Moraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Moraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Brosimum.