**Checklist of Mozambiquean Ficus (Moraceae)**

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

Mozambique has a fig richness of 35 species. Da Silva et al. (2004) in their preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique record 29 species of Ficus. However, three of these are considered to be invalid records: Ficus congensis Engl. is a synonym of F. trichopoda Bak. (Berg & Wiebes, 1992; Burrows & Burrows, 2003); F. platyphylla Delile is a north-east African species allied to F. bussei Mildbr. Burret; and F. thonningii Bl. sensu stricto is a West African taxon (see discussion in Burrows & Burrows 2003). The checklist also leaves out seven additional species known to occur in Mozambique: F. salicifolia Vahl, F. nigropunctata Warb., F. tettensis Hutch., F. muelleriana C.C. Berg, F. fischeri Warb., F. chirindensis C.C. Berg, and F. ovata Vahl (Burrows & Burrows, 2003), elevating the total to 33 species. Subsequently van Noort et al (2007) recorded an additional two species, F. cyathistipula and F. modesta from inselbergs in northern Mozambique.

Genus: FICUS

Subgenus: SYCIDIUM
- Section: SYCIDIUM
  - F. capreifolia Delile
  - F. exasperata Vahl
Subgenus: SYCOMORUS
- Section: SYCOMORUS
  - Subsection: Sycomorus
    - F. sycomorus sycomorus L.
      - F. sycomorus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C. Berg
    - F. sur Forsk.
    - F. vallis-choudae Delile
Subgenus: UROSTIGMA
- Section: UROSTIGMA
  - Subsection: UROSTIGMA
    - F. ingens (Miq.) Miq.
    - F. salicifolia Vahl
    - F. verruculosa Warb.
- Section: Galoglychia
  - Subsection: GALOGLYCHIA
    - F. lutea Vahl
  - Subsection: PLATYPHYLLAE
    - F. bussei Mildbr.& Burret
    - F. glumosa Delile
    - F. stuhlmannii Warb.
    - F. nigropunctata Mildbr.& Burret
    - F. tettensis Hutch.
    - F. muelleriana Berg
    - F. abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq.
    - F. trichopoda Baker
  - Subsection: CHLAMYDODORAE
    - F. fischeri Mildbr. & Burret
    - F. craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret
    - F. linqua depauperata (Sim) C.C. Berg
    - F. natalensis natalensis Hochst.
    - F. burtt-davyi Hutch.
    - F. burkei (Miq.) Miq.
    - F. petersii Warb.
    - F. rokko Warb. & Schweinf.
  - Subsection: CRASSICOSTAE
    - F. usambarensis Warb.
  - Subsection: CYATHISTIPULAE
    - F. cyathistipula cyathistipula Warb.
      F. scassellatii scassellatii Pamp.
  - Subsection: CAULOCARPAE
    - F. tremula tremula Warb.
    - F. polita polita Vahl
    - F. chirindensis C.C. Berg
    - F. modesta F. White
    - F. sansibarica sansibarica Warb.
    - F. bubu Warb.
    - F. ovata Vahl

References

Burrows, J., Burrows, S., 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.

Berg, C.C., Wiebes, J.T., 1992. African Fig Trees and Fig Wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Verhandelingen Afdeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks, Deel 89, Amsterdam.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S., Amude, A.B. 2004. A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30, SABONET, Pretoria.

van Noort S., Gardiner, A.J., Tolley K.A. 2007. New records of Ficus (Moraceae) species emphasize the conservation significance of inselbergs in Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany 73: 642-649.