**Checklist of Ficus (Moraceae) in Congo**

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

The checklist has been formulated from Berg et al.'s (1985) treatment of the Moraceae for the Flora of Cameroon and Berg in (Berg & Wiebes 1992), Ebika et al. (2015; 2018), and updated with recent nomenclatural changes. Forty-two species of Ficus have been recorded from Congo.

Genus: FICUS (Congo)

Subgenus: SYCIDIUM
- Section: SYCIDIUM
  - F. exasperata Vahl
  - F. asperifolia Miq.
Subgenus: SYCOMORUS
- Section: SYCOMORUS
  - Subsection: Sycomorus
    - F. mucuso Ficalho
    - F. sur Forsk.
    - F. vogeliana (Miq.) Miq.
- Subgenus: PHARMACOSYCEA
  - Section: OREOSYCEA
    - Subsection: PEDUNCULATAE
      - F. variifolia Warb.
      - F. dicranostyla Mildbr.
- Subgenus: UROSTIGMA
  - Section: UROSTIGMA
    - Subsection: UROSTIGMA
      - F. ingens (Miq.) Miq.
  - Section: GALOGLYCHIA
    - Subsection: GALOGLYCHIA
      - F. lutea Vahl
    - Subsection: PLATYPHYLLAE
      - F. recurvata De Wildeman
      - F. trichopoda Baker
    - Subsection: CHLAMYDODORAE
      - F. calyptrata Vahl
      - F. amadiensis De Wild
      - F. craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret
      - F. linqua linqua De Wild. & T. Durand
      - F. natalensis leprieurii (Miq.) C.C. Berg
      - F. persicifolia Warb.
      - F. psilopoga Ficahlo
      - F. rokko Warb. & Schweinf.
      - F. kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burret
    - Subsection: CRASSICOSTAE
      - F. elasticoides De Wild.
      - F. burretiana Hutch.
      - F. pseudomangifera Hutch.
      - F. adolfi-friderici Mildbr.
      - F. louisii Boutique & J. Léonard
    - Subsection: CYATHISTIPULAE
      - F. conraui Warb.
      - F. ardisioides ardisioides Warb.
      - F. preussii Warb.
      - F. cyathistipula cyathistipula Warb.
      - F. densistipulata De Wild.
      - F. subcostata De Wild.
      - F. barteri Sprague
      - F. wildemaniana De Wild. & T. Durand
    - Subsection: CAULOCARPAE
      - F. ottoniifolia ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq.
        
        F. ottoniifolia lucanda (Miq.) Miq.
      - F. tremula kimuenzensis (Warb) C.C. Berg
      - F. artocarpoides Warb.
      - F. polita polita Vahl
      - F. sansibarica macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burret)
      - F. dryepondtiana De Wild.
      - F. umbellata Vahl
      - F. bubu Warb.
      - F. ovata Vahl

References

Ndolo Ebika ST, Morgan D, Sanz C, Harris DJ. 2015. Hemi-epiphytic Ficus (Moraceae) in a Congolese forest. Plant Ecology and Evolution 148: 377-386. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2015.1024

Ndolo Ebika ST, Morgan D, Sanz C, Harris DJ. 2018. Ficus species in the Sangha Trinational, Central Africa. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 1–44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428618000173