Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus verruculosa Warb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 166 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ficus subsection Urostrigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38: 653-686.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 335.
  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 41, fig. 22 D
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 120
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 114

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ficus subsection Urostrigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38: 653-686.
  • 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.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 154, t. 51 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 323 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 32, t. 6E (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 114 (1916).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 356 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 607 (1958).
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 120 (1948).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 99 (1932).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 450, fig. 148.4 (1982).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 262 (1952).
  • Warb. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20: 166 (1894).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Merrett, L. [2153] Zambia K001573833 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Merrett, L. [2152] Zambia K001573847 Yes
Biegel, H.M.; Russell, G. [3826] Botswana K000315231 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7946] Tanzania K:SPC-02713.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A. [9020] Angola K001636035 Yes
Sim, J,, R. [5414] Mozambique K000243377 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [7833] Zambia K:SPC-02712.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [119] Cameroon K000181981 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7946a] Tanzania K:SPC-02715.000 No
Chevalier, A. [6866] K000243235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Erens, J. [250] Botswana K000315234 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [7737] Zambia K:SPC-02714.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [3974] Zambia K:SPC-15976.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1100] Zambia K:SPC-11738.000 No
Welw. [6375] Angola K000243378 Type No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4130] Botswana K000315232 No
Chevalier, A. [7721] Burundi K000243236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barker; Reid [35] Botswana K000315229 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4669] Uganda K:SPC-15975.000 No
Biegel, H.M.; Russell, G. [3845] Botswana K000315230 No
Winter, B., de; Marais, W. [4750] Namibia K000315228 No
Rensburg, C.J.J., van [4096] Botswana K000315233 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8550] Tanzania K:SPC-11737.000 No

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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