Ficus ovata Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 185 (1805)
This name is a synonym of Ficus laurifolia

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Ficus laurifolia.]
  • Berg, C.C. (2011). Ficus laurifolia (Moraceae) finally in position. Blumea 56: 159-160. [Cited as Ficus laurifolia.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]
  • 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. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]
  • 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. [Cited as Ficus ovata.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 68, t. 17 B
  • Chev. Bot. 602
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 160.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 164

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 230, t. 83 (1985).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 270 (1952).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 164 (1916).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 358 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 608 (1958).
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 160 (1948).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2:101 (1932).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 448, fig. 150.2 (1982).
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 185 (1805).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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