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Subsection Urostigma

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

Afrotropical species:

Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus cordata cordata Thunb.

 

Ficus cordata lecardii (Warb.) Berg

Ficus salicifolia (Vahl) Berg

Ficus verruculosa Warb.

Ficus madagascariensis C.C. Berg

 

Ficus densifolia Miq.

Indo-Australasian species:

 

Ficus amplissima J.E. Smith

 

Ficus arnottiana (Miquel) Miquel

 

Ficus cardiophylla Merrill

 

Ficus caulocarpa Miquel

 

Ficus concinna Miquel

 

Ficus cupulata Haines

 

Ficus geniculata Kurz

 

Ficus hookeriana Corner

 

Ficus lacor Buchanan-Hamilton

 

Ficus orthoneura Lévleillé & Vaniot

Ficus prolixa Forster

 

Ficus prasinicarpa Elmer

Ficus religiosa Linnaeus

 

Ficus rumphii Blume

 

Ficus saxophila Blume

 

Ficus subpisocarpa Gagnepain

 

Ficus superba Miquel

 

Ficus tsjahela Burman

Ficus virens Aiton

References

Berg, C.C. 1988. New taxa and combinations in Ficus (Moraceae) in Africa. Kew Bulletin 43: 77- 97.

Berg, C.C. 1989. Moraceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Berg, C.C. 1990. Distribution of African taxa of Ficus (Moraccae). [Proc. 12th AETFAT]. Mitt. inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23: 401-405.

Berg, C.C. 1990. Annotated check-list of the Ficus species of the African floristic region, with special reference and a key to the taxa of southern Africa. Kirkia, 13: 253-291.

Berg, C.C. 1991. Moraceae. In: E. Launert & G.Y. Pope (eds) Flora Zambesiaca 9, 6. Natural History Museum, London.

Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. 1989. Chapter 11. Ficus. Flora of Tropical East Africa (ed. R.M. Polhill). 43-86. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Berg, C.C.  & Corner, E.J.H. 2005. Moraceae - Ficus. Flora Malesiana Series I (Seed Plants) Volume 17/Part 2. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.

Berg, C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1984. Moracées (incl. Cécropiacées). Flore du Gabon 26: 1276.

Berg, C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1985. Moracées (incl. Cécropiacées). Flore du Cameroun 28: 1298.

Berg, C.C. & Wiebes, J.T. 1992. African fig trees and fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam, 1-298 pp.

Burrows, J. & Burrows, S. 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa. Umdaus Press, Hatfield. 379 pp.

Corner, E.J.H. 1965. Checklist of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 21: 1-186.

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus, or © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), or © Greg Calvert (Townsville, Australia), or © Neli Stoyanova (Lusaka).

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. URL: www.figweb.org(Accessed on <day-month-year>).

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