Artocarpus rigidus

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Artocarpus rigidus
Branch of tree in the forest, with thick lanceolate leaves coming to a point at the tip
Monkey Jack (Artocarpus rigidus) in Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species:
A. rigidus
Binomial name
Artocarpus rigidus
Synonyms[2]

Artocarpus cuspidatus Griff. Artocarpus dimorphophyllus Miq.
Artocarpus echinatus Roxb.
Artocarpus kertau Zoll. ex Miq.
Artocarpus muricatus Hunter ex Ridl.
Artocarpus rotundus (Houtt.) Panz.
Artocarpus varians Miq.
Saccus rigidus (Bl.) Kuntze
Saccus varians (Miq.) Kuntze

Artocarpus rigidus[3] is a tree species in the Moraceae that was described by Blume. A. rigidus is a wild species of the breadfruit/jackfruit genus (Artocarpus) and may be referred to as monkey jack.[4][5] Its Vietnamese name is mít nài (sometimes da xóp).

This 20–25 m trees species can be found in Indochina and Malesia. The subspecies A. rigidus subsp. asperulus (Gagnep.) F.M.Jarrett is accepted; synonyms for the latter are: Artocarpus asperulus Gagnep. and A. calophyllus Kurz.[6]

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Artocarpus rigidus.
  1. ^ "Artocarpus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  2. ^ "The Plant list". Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  3. ^ Blume, 1826 In: Bijdr. 482
  4. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ^ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
  6. ^ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2654075 The Plant List