Batocarpus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Batocarpus
| image_caption = Batocarpus orinocensis
| image = Florae_Columbiae_(Plate_CXXXIV)_(8204876791).jpg
| authority = H.Karst. (1863)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 3 species, see text
| synonyms = Anonocarpus {{small|Ducke (1922)}}
| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40721-1|title= Batocarpus H.Karst.|website= Plants of the World Online|language=en|access-date=22 April 2024}}
}}
Batocarpus is a genus of trees in the family Moraceae, native to North and South America (from Costa Rica to Bolivia).{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last=Grandtner|first=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123969545|pages=60|language=en}}
Taxonomy
The genus Batocarpus contains the following species:
- Batocarpus amazonicus {{small|(Ducke) Fosberg}}
- Batocarpus costaricensis {{small|Standl. & L.O.Williams}}
- Batocarpus orinocensis {{small|H.Karst.}}
References
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{{Moraceae genera}}
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Taxa named by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
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