Trophis

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Description

Trees or shrubs (scandent in T. scandens), dioecious, unarmed, uncinate hairs lacking or present. Leaves distichous; stipules free, lateral. Inflorescences unisexual, racemose, spicate, subcapitate, or discoid-capitate and involucrate, bracteate. flowers with 4 connate tepals, equal in size and forming a tubular or a collar-shaped perianth; stamens 3 or 4, inflexed in bud. ovary free or adnate to the perianth; seed without endosperm, embryo with thick, flat, equal or (very) unequal cotyledons, radicle short or rather long.

Distribution

Africa present, New World present, Old World present

The genus comprises nine species in the Old World (not on the African continent) and New World.

Morphology

This genus shows pronounced morphological similarities to Streblus but differs in the connate tepals of the pistillate flower.

A. Berg, C.C. 1988: The genera Trophis and Streblus (Moraceae) remodelled. – Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. 91, B. Berg, C.C. 2001: Fl. – Neotrop. Monogr. 83, C. Corner, E.J.H. 1962: The classiﬁcation of Moraceae. – Gard. Bull. Singapore 19

Taxonomy

The genus can be subdivided into six sections (Berg 1988): Calpidochlamys (one species in Malesia), Echinocarpa (one species, T. involucrata W.C. Burger, in Central America), Maillardia (two species in Madagascar and Réunion), Malaisia (one species in SE Asia), Olmedia (one species, T. caucana (Pittier) C.C. Berg, in the Neotropics, and Trophis (3 species in the Neotropics, see Berg 2001). This subdivision replaces that of Corner (1962).

Citation

P. Browne 2001 – In: Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. p 33

Bureau 1873 – In: A.DC., Prodr. 17. p 251

Benth. & Hook.f. 1880 – In: Gen. Pl. p 360

Benth. & Hook.f. 1880 – In: Gen. Pl. p 365

Blume 1856 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. p 75

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind. p 281

C.C. Berg 1972 – In: Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. p 14

W.C. Burger 1962 – In: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. p 6

Baill. 1875 – In: Hist. Pl. p 193

Leandri 1952 – In: Fl. Madagasc. fam. p 15

1845. p 543

Corner 1962 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19. p 230

Baill. 1875 – In: Hist. Pl. p 192

P. Browne 1908 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 543

Bureau 1873 – In: A.DC., Prodr. 17. p 220

Engl. 1888 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3. p 73

Planch. 1855 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. p 293

Corner 1962 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19. p 240

Bureau 1873 – In: A.DC., Prodr. 17. p 221

Boerl. 1900 – In: Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. p 315

C.C. Berg 1988 – In: Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. p 352

Trécul 1847 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. p 146

Engl. 1888 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3. p 76

1879: 3. p 196