Maclura

Translingual

Etymology

After William Maclure (1763–1840), a Scottish-born American geologist.

Proper noun

Maclura f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Moraceae – family; Maclureae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Maclura pomifera (Osage orange) - type species; Maclura africana, Maclura amboinensis, Maclura andamanica, Maclura brasiliensis, Maclura cochinchinensis (cockspurthorn), Maclura fruticosa, Maclura pubescens, Maclura spinosa, Maclura thorellii, Maclura tinctoria (fustictree, old fustic), Maclura tricuspidata (storehousebush) - other species

References

• Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maclura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Maclura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Maclura at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Maclura at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Maclura at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Maclura at Tropicos
• Maclura at The Plant List