Editing Morus (plant) (section)

==Taxonomy==

The taxonomy of ''Morus'' is complex and disputed. [[Fossil]]s of ''Morus'' appear in the [[Pliocene]] record of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Martinez Cabrera HI |last2=Cevallos-Ferriz SRS |year=2006 |title=Maclura (Moraceae) wood from the Miocene of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico: Fossil and biogeographic history of its closer allies |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292995365 |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=140 |issue=1–2 |pages=113–122 |bibcode=2006RPaPa.140..113M |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.004}}</ref> Over 150 species names have been published, and although differing sources may cite different selections of accepted names, less than 20 are accepted by the vast majority of botanical authorities. ''Morus'' classification is even further complicated by widespread [[hybrid (biology)|hybridisation]], wherein the hybrids are fertile.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The following species are accepted:<ref name="30004492-2" >{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=''Morus'' L. |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30004492-2 |access-date=5 July 2021 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}</ref>
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*''[[Morus alba]]'' <small>L.</small> – white mulberry (China, Korea, Japan)
*''[[Morus australis]]'' <small>Poir.</small> – East and South-East Asia
*''[[Morus boninensis]]'' <small>Koidz.</small>
*''[[Morus cathayana]]'' <small>Hemsl.</small> – China, Japan, Korea
*''[[Morus celtidifolia]]'' <small>Kunth</small> – Texas mulberry (southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America) 
*''[[Morus indica]]'' <small>L.</small> – India, [[Southeast Asia]]
*''[[Morus koordersiana]]'' <small>J.-F.Leroy</small>
*''[[Morus liboensis]]'' <small>S.S.Chang</small> – [[Guizhou]] Province in China
*''[[Morus macroura]]'' <small>Miq.</small> – long mulberry (Tibet, Himalayas, Indochina)
*''[[Morus microphylla]]'' {{small|Buckley}}
*''[[Morus miyabeana]]'' <small>Hotta</small>
*''[[Morus mongolica]]'' <small>(Bureau) C.K.Schneid.</small>
*''[[Morus nigra]]'' <small>L.</small> - black mulberry (Iran, [[Caucasus]], [[Levant]])
*''[[Morus notabilis]]'' <small>C.K.Schneid.</small> – [[Yunnan]] and [[Sichuan]] Provinces in China
*''[[Morus rubra]]'' <small>L.</small> – red mulberry (eastern North America)
*''[[Morus serrata]]'' <small>Roxb.</small> – Tibet, Nepal, northwestern India
*''[[Morus trilobata]]'' <small>(S.S.Chang) Z.Y.Cao</small> – Guizhou Province in China
*''[[Morus wittiorum]]'' <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small> – southern China
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