Checklist of afrotropical Ficus (Moraceae)

(Africa south of the Sahara & including Madagascar)

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus)

The Afrotropical region contains 113 fig species. Berg in Berg & Wiebes (1992) recognised one hundred and five species of Ficus in the afrotropical region. This number increased to 112 species with the publication of a new treatise of south-central and southern African Ficus (Burrows & Burrows 2003). In this work a number of species previously synonymised under F. thonningii have been resurrected, and F. modesta and F. salicifolia have been recognised as good species (supported by the association of unique pollinator species with these host fig species). Here we also treat the Madagascan F. sycomorus sakalvarum as a good species based on morphology and the fact that this taxon has a unique pollinating wasp species associated with it.

Genus: FICUS (Afrotropical region)

Subgenus: FICUS
- Section: FICUS
  - Subsection: Ficus
    - F. palmata Forsk.
Subgenus: SYCIDIUM
- Section: SYCIDIUM
  - F. capreifolia Delile
  - F. exasperata Vahl
  - F. pachyclada pachyclada Baker
    - F. pachyclada arborea (Perrier) C.C. Berg
  - F. lateriflora Vahl
  - F. asperifolia Miq.
  - F. pygmaea Hiern
  - F. bojeri Baker
  - F. brachyclada Baker
  - F. politoria Lam.
Subgenus: SYCOMORUS
- Section: SYCOMORUS
  - Subsection: Sycomorus
    - F. sycomorus sycomorus L.
      - F. sycomorus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C. Berg
    - F. sakalavarum Baker
    - F. mucuso Ficalho
    - F. sur Forsk.
    - F. vogeliana (Miq.) Miq.
    - F. vallis-choudae Delile
    - F. mauritiana Lam.
    - F. tiliifolia Baker
    - F. torrentium Perrier
    - F. polyphlebia Baker
    - F. botryoides Baker
    - F. trichoclada Baker
    - F. karthalensis C.C. Berg

Subgenus: PHARMACOSYCEA

Section: OREOSYCEA
- Subsection: PEDUNCULATAE
  - F. variifolia Warb.
  - F. dicranostyla Mildbr.
  - F. assimilis Baker
  - F. ampana Berg

Subgenus: UROSTIGMA

Section: UROSTIGMA
- Subsection: UROSTIGMA
  - F. ingens (Miq.) Miq.
  - F. cordata cordata Thunb.
  - F. salicifolia Vahl
  - F. verruculosa Warb.
  - F. madagascariensis C.C. Berg
  - F. densifolia Miq.
- Subsection: CONOSYCEA
  - F. menabeensis Perrier
  - F. humbertii Berg
Section: GALOGLYCHIA
- Subsection: GALOGLYCHIA
  - F. lutea Vahl
  - F. saussureana DC.
  - F. chlamydocarpa chlamydocarpa Mildbr. & Burret
    - F. chlamydocarpa fernandesiana (Hutch.) C.C. Berg
    - F. chlamydocarpa latifolia (Hutch.) C.C. Berg
- Subsection: PLATYPHYLLAE
  - F. platyphylla Delile
  - F. bussei Mildbr.& Burret
  - F. recurvata De Wildeman
  - F. vasta Forsk.
  - F. wakefieldii Hutch.
  - F. glumosa Delile
  - F. stuhlmannii Warb.
  - F. nigropunctata Mildbr.& Burret
  - F. tettensis Hutch.
  - F. muelleriana Berg
  - F. abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq.
  - F. populifolia Vahl
  - F. jansii Boutique
  - F. trichopoda Baker
  - F. grevei Baill.
  - F. rubra Vahl
  - F. marmorata Baker
  - F. bivalvata Perrier
- Subsection: CHLAMYDODORAE
  - F. calyptrata Vahl
  - F. fischeri Mildbr. & Burret
  - F. amadiensis De Wild
  - F. craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret
  - F. linqua linqua De Wild. & T. Durand
    - F. linqua depauperata (Sim) C.C. Berg
  - F. natalensis natalensis Hochst.
    - F. natalensis graniticola Burrows
    - F. natalensis leprieurii (Miq.) C.C. Berg
  - F. faulkneriana C.C. Berg
  - F. burtt-davyi Hutch.
  - F. ilicina (Sonder) Miq.
  - F. antandronarum antandronarum (Perrier) Berg
    - F. antandronarum bernardii Berg
  - F. reflexa reflexa Thunb.
    - F. reflexa sechellensis (Baker) C.C. Berg
    - F. reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg
  - F. burkei (Miq.) Miq.
  - F. petersii Warb.
  - F. persicifolia Warb.
  - F. psilopoga Ficahlo
  - F. rokko Warb. & Schweinf.
  - F. thonningii Blume
  - F. kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burret
- Subsection: CRASSICOSTAE
  - F. elasticoides De Wild.
  - F. burretiana Hutch.
  - F. oreodryadum Mildbr.
  - F. pseudomangifera Hutch.
  - F. usambarensis Warb.
  - F. adolfi-friderici Mildbr.
  - F. louisii Boutique & J. Léonard
  - F. leonensis Hutch.
- Subsection: CYATHISTIPULAE
  - F. conraui Warb.
  - F. tesselata Warb.
  - F. pachyneura C.C. Berg
  - F. ardisioides ardisioides Warb.
    - F. ardisioides camptoneura (Mildbr.) C.C. Berg
  - F. preussii Warb.
  - F. abscondita C.C. Berg
  - F. cyathistipula cyathistipula Warb.
    - F. cyathistipula pringsheimiana (Braun & K. Shum.) C.C. Berg
  - F. scassellatii scassellatii Pamp.
    - F. scassellatii thikaensis C.C. Berg
  - F. cyathistipuloides De Wild.
  - F. scott-elliotii Mildbr. & Burret
  - F. densistipulata De Wild.
  - F. subcostata De Wild.
  - F. barteri Sprague
  - F. lyrata Warb.
  - F. sagittifolia Mildbr. & Burret
  - F. subsagittifolia C. C. Berg
  - F. wildemaniana De Wild. & T. Durand
  - F. oresbia C.C. Berg
  - F. crassicosta Warb.
- Subsection: CAULOCARPAE
  - F. ottoniifolia ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq.
    - F. ottoniifolia lucanda (Ficalho) C.C. Berg
    - F. ottonifolia macrosyce C.C. Berg
    - F. ottoniifolia multinervia C.C. Berg
    - F. ottonifolia uluqurensis (Mildbr. & Burret) C.C. Berg
  - F. tremula tremula Warb.
    - F. tremula kimuenzensis (Warb) C.C. Berg
    - F. tremula acuta (De Wild.) C.C. Berg
  - F. artocarpoides Warb.
  - F. polita polita Vahl
    - F. polita brevipedunculata C.C. Berg
  - F. bizanae Hutch. & Burtt-Davy
  - F. chirindensis C.C. Berg
  - F. modesta F. White
  - F. sansibarica sansibarica Warb.
    - F. sansibarica macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burret)
  - F. dryepondtiana De Wild.
  - F. umbellata Vahl
  - F. bubu Warb.
  - F. ovata Vahl