View source for Maclura ← Maclura 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=Maclura |accepted_authority=Nuttall |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl. |place=2: 233. 1818, name conserved }} |common_names=Osage-orange;bois d'arc |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moraceae;Maclura |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maclura]]</div></div> |etymology=for American geologist William Maclure, 1763-1840 |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 393 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous; sap milky. <b>Branches</b> with axillary spines. <b>Terminal</b> buds surrounded by bud scales. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipules caducous, free. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to lanceolate, not leathery, margins entire, never lobed; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers borne outside receptacle; staminate inflorescences loose short racemes; pistillate inflorescences dense heads. <b>Flowers</b>: staminate and pistillate on different plants. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx 4-lobed; stamens 4, inflexed; filaments filiform; anthers introrse, with short connective. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 4, 2 outer sepals wider than inner ones; ovary 1, superior, 1-locular; style unbranched, filiform. <b>Syncarps</b> globose, 8-12 cm or more diam.; each achene completely enclosed by its enlarged, fleshy calyx.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America. |discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Maclura</i> is a monotypic genus endemic to North America.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Maclura |authority=Nuttall |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moraceae |distribution=North America. |reference=None |publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_525.xml |genus=Maclura }}<!-- -->[[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) Return to Maclura.