Thirteen species of Ficus occur within Namibia,
none of which are endemic. This is a third of the species total for the
southern African subregion (defined as including Namibia, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Mozambique south of the Zambezi River, South Africa, Swaziland
and Lesotho). The relatively low species richness for a country of this
size is indicative of the largely arid habitats found in Namibia. The
Distributions of two arid-adapted species: Ficus ilicina (Sonder)
Miquel and F. cordata cordata Thunburg are centered in Namibia, but
both species extend north into south-western Angola and south into the
Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. A few tropical
species occur in the north of the country. For example, F. fischeri
is present in the Caprivi Strip and F. bubu has recently been
recorded in Kaokoland (van
Jaarsveld & Voight 2003).
Genus:
FICUS
Subgenus: SYCIDIUM
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Subgenus: SYCOMORUS
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Subgenus: UROSTIGMA
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Section: UROSTIGMA
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Section: GALOGLYCHIA
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