# Castilleae

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Tribe of flowering plants

Castilleae Castilla elastica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Tribe: Castilleae C.C.Berg

The **Castilleae** are a [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) within the plant family [Moraceae](/source/Moraceae). It includes eight to 11 [genera](/source/Genus) and 55–60 species including *[Castilla](/source/Castilla_(plant))*, the Panama rubber tree.

Members of the tribe are primarily [Neotropical](/source/Neotropical) with two [Afrotropical](/source/Afrotropical) genera, one genus in [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and one in [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia).[1]

The tribe's distinctive inflorescence is unisexual in [monoecious](/source/Monoecious) species, with discoid to [urceolate](/source/Urceolate) receptacles with involucrate bracts. Other characteristics of the group include septate wood fibers and self-pruning branches.[2]

## Castilleae and *Ficus*

Recent phylogenetic studies have highlighted a close sister relationship with the *[Ficus](/source/Ficus)* and have strongly supported the monophyly of the clade containing the Castilleae and *Ficus*.[2] The ancestral state of this clade and the origin of figs' distinctive inflorescence—the [syconium](/source/Syconium)—was disputed until recently, but new phylogenetic analyses suggest that the evolution of [entomophily](/source/Entomophily) and of an involucre of bracts surrounding the flower primordia preceded the divergence of these two groups, estimated to have occurred at least 83 Mya.

## Genera

- *[Antiaris](/source/Antiaris)*

- *[Antiaropsis](/source/Antiaropsis)*

- *[Castilla](/source/Castilla_(plant))*

- *[Helicostylis](/source/Helicostylis)*

- *[Maquira](/source/Maquira)*

- *[Mesogyne](/source/Mesogyne)*

- *[Naucleopsis](/source/Naucleopsis)*

- *[Perebea](/source/Perebea)*

- *[Poulsenia](/source/Poulsenia)*

- *[Pseudolmedia](/source/Pseudolmedia)*

- *[Sparattosyce](/source/Sparattosyce)*[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Zerega2005b_1-0)** Zerega, Nyree J. C.; Wendy L. Clement; Shannon L. Datwyler; George D. Weiblen (2005). "Biogeography and divergence times in the mulberry family (Moraceae)". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **37** (2): 402–16. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.004](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2005.07.004). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16112884](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16112884).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-On_the_origin_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-On_the_origin_2-1) Datwyler, Shannon L.; Weiblen, George D. (2004). ["On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae from *ndh*F sequences"](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.91.5.767). *American Journal of Botany*. **91** (5): 767–777. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3732/ajb.91.5.767](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.91.5.767). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [21653431](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21653431).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Genera of *Moraceae* tribe *Castilleae*"](https://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?2409). *[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network)*. [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture). Retrieved 2009-03-11.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

Taxon identifiers Castilleae Wikidata: Q4894635 Wikispecies: Castilleae APNI: 8147951 GRIN: 2409 IPNI: 233-1

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