Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus lutea Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 185 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 206, t. 73 (1985).
  • C.C. Berg in Kew Bulletin 36: 597 (1981).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 215 (1917).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 445, fig. 149.3 (1982).
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 185 (1805).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C. [307] Guinea K000010794 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13635] Cameroon K000580295 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9291] Cameroon K000026934 No
Jul 1, 2002 Kenfack, D. [245] Cameroon K000026933 No
Jul 1, 2002 Lane, P. [390] Cameroon K000026935 No
Jun 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1910] Cameroon K000026746 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [930] Cameroon K000026745 No
Jun 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4541] Cameroon K000936055 No
Apr 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8708] Cameroon K000936053 No
Jan 1, 1992 Cheek, M. [3512] Cameroon K000011106 No
Sep 30, 1983 Stolz, A. [1531] K000243339 Unknown Type Material No
Nov 14, 1980 Hall, J., B. Ghana K000232546 Neotype Yes
Aug 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [14221] Cameroon K000181641 No
Jul 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13944] Cameroon K000181639 No
Humblot, L. [156] Madagascar K000243442 Type Yes
Cheek, M.; Ephraim.; Michael.; Lopes.; Laidley. [5944] Cameroon K001401362 Yes
Vogel [6] Liberia K000243200 Type Yes
Baron, R. [2521] Madagascar K000243445 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sim, J,, R. [6125] Mozambique K000243380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sim, J,, R. [6125] Mozambique K000243379 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welw. [6399] Angola K000243381 Type Yes
Baron, R. [1682] Madagascar K000243448 Type Yes
Kersting [a.539] Togo K000243202 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tchiengue, B.; Oben, B.; Morgan, B. [2540] Cameroon K001310480 Yes
Palmas [47] Liberia K000243201 Type Yes
Baron, R. [1683] Madagascar K000243447 Type Yes
Rosevear, D., R. [12652] Cameroon K000181644 No
Goetze, W. [1492] K000243340 Type Yes
Etuge, M. [165] Cameroon K000026932 No
Horne [343] Seychelles K000243443 Unknown Type Material Yes
Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [13330] Madagascar K000243446 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [637] Cameroon K000181643 No
Wright, P. [102] Seychelles K000243444 Unknown Type Material No
Eyles, F. [8883] Zimbabwe Ficus nekbudu K:SPC-11077.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3624] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Ficus subcalcarata K000243242 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3624] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Ficus subcalcarata K000243243 Type Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [912] Seychelles Ficus nautarum K:SPC-07335.000 No
Jeffrey, C. [1186] Seychelles Ficus nautarum K:SPC-22919.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4251] Sierra Leone Ficus vogelii K:SPC-16929.000 No
Ghana Ficus vogelii K:SPC-80185.000 No
Nigeria Ficus vogelii K:SPC-66204.000 No
Richards, H.M. [13280] Zambia Ficus quibeba K:SPC-23398.000 No
[4424A] Mozambique Ficus quibeba K:SPC-23745.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [723] Kenya Ficus quibeba K:SPC-11725.000 No
Richards, H.M. [31498] Zambia Ficus quibeba K:SPC-32788.000 No
Wild, H. [3030] Zimbabwe Ficus quibeba K:SPC-13141.000 No
McWhirter, J. [34] Madagascar Ficus baronii K:SPC-31893.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0