Morus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q44789
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Summary

Morus is a taxon[1]. Morus ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,583 views/month, #345 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Named after: Morea[4]
  • Parent taxon: Moraceae[5]
  • Taxon name: Morus[6]
  • Subclass of: tree[7]
  • Commons category: Morus[8]
  • Taxonomic type: Morus nigra[9]
  • Color: red[10], purple[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Morus (plant)[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7821[19]
  • This taxon is source of: Mulberry[20], mulberry wood[21], mulberry juice[22]
  • Taxon common name: mulberry[23], Moerbei[24], 桑属[25], murva[26]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]

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Identifiers

Morus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56091[29]. Morus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3497[30]. Morus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72690[31]. Morus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2984545[32]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 19064[33] and 19065[34].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Morus include Fossar de les Moreres[35], a square[36], in Spain[37] and mulberry[38], a color[39].

Why It Matters

Morus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Morus is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Morus include Fossar de les Moreres[35], a square[36], in Spain[37] and mulberry[38], a color[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 19064, 19065
    This taxon is source of → Mulberry, mulberry wood, mulberry juice
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 19065, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 9d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'az', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ This taxon is source of: Mulberry"
  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3275
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  4. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12419495-n
    Interlingual index id → i102167
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  5. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → AGM-Region
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  6. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → uaPeo
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  7. 16w ago · CanticleCat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → Mulberry, mulberry wood, mulberry juice
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ This taxon is source of: mulberry juice"
  8. 17w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reflora id → FB593362
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37019|batch #37019]]: add Reflora ID (P10701)"
  9. 22w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → silkmedis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: silkmedis"
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