''Sorocea'' is a Neotropical genus of woody
plant
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s in the family
Moraceae
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. Its distribution ranges from
Chiapas
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to southern
Brazil
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. It is placed within the tribe
Moreae, and is closely related to the
monotypic
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''
Bagassa''.
Species List
According to Kew,
there are currently 22 accepted species:
* ''
Sorocea affinis''
Hemsl.
* ''
Sorocea angustifolia''
Al.Santos & Romaniuc
* ''
Sorocea bonplandii''
(Baill.) W.C.Burger, Lanj. & de Boer
* ''
Sorocea briquetii''
J.F.Macbr.
* ''
Sorocea carautana
''Sorocea'' is a Neotropical genus of woody plants in the family Moraceae. Its distribution ranges from Chiapas to southern Brazil. It is placed within the tribe Moreae, and is closely related to the monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon ...
''
M.D.M.Vianna, Carrijo & Romaniuc
* ''
Sorocea duckei''
W.C.Burger
* ''
Sorocea ganevii''
R.M.Castro
* ''
Sorocea guilleminiana''
Gaudich.
* ''
Sorocea hilarii''
Gaudich.
* ''
Sorocea jaramilloi''
C.C.Berg
* ''
Sorocea jureiana''
Romaniuc
* ''
Sorocea klotzschiana''
Baill.
* ''
Sorocea longipedicellata''
A.F.P.Machado, M.D.M.Vianna & Romaniuc
* ''
Sorocea muriculata''
Miq.
* ''
Sorocea pubivena''
Hemsl.
* ''
Sorocea racemosa
''Sorocea'' is a Neotropical genus of woody plants in the family Moraceae. Its distribution ranges from Chiapas to southern Brazil. It is placed within the tribe Moreae, and is closely related to the monotypic '' Bagassa''.
Species List
Accor ...
''
Gaudich.
* ''
Sorocea ruminata
''Sorocea'' is a Neotropical genus of woody plants in the family Moraceae. Its distribution ranges from Chiapas to southern Brazil. It is placed within the tribe Moreae, and is closely related to the monotypic '' Bagassa''.
Species List
Accor ...
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C.C.Berg
* ''
Sorocea sarcocarpa
''Sorocea sarcocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Moraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and ...
''
Lanj. & Wess.Boer
* ''
Sorocea sprucei
''Sorocea'' is a Neotropical genus of woody plants in the family Moraceae. Its distribution ranges from Chiapas to southern Brazil. It is placed within the tribe Moreae, and is closely related to the Monotypic taxon, monotypic ''Bagassa''.
Spec ...
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( Baill.) J.F.Macbr.
* ''
Sorocea steinbachii''
C.C.Berg
* ''
Sorocea subumbellata''
( C.C.Berg) Cornejo
* ''
Sorocea trophoides''
W.C.Burger
References
Moraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxa named by Augustin Saint-Hilaire
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