Moraceae

Ficus Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Arkansas, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Chagos Archipelago, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., France, Galápagos, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Krym, Madeira, Massachusetts, Morocco, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, Spain, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Uzbekistan, Wake I., Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berg, C.C. & Villavicencio, X. (2004). Taxonomic studies on Ficus (Moraceae) in the West Indies, extra-Amazonian Brazil, and Bolivia. Ilicifolia 5: 1-130.
  • Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ficus subsection Urostrigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38: 653-686.
  • Chaudhary, L.B., Sudhakar, J.V., Kumar, A., Bajpai, O., Tiwari, R. & Murthy, G.V.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India. Taiwania 57: 193-216.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Pederneiras, L.C. & Romaniuc-Neto, S. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea (Moraceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 107: 1-148.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 78

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C.C. Berg in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 43 (1989)
  • Corner in Gard. Bull., Singapore 21: 1 (1965).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 482 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)
  • in Kirkia13: 253–291 (1990).
  • van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot.56, 6: 599–630 (1990).

Flora of Somalia

  • Aweke in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 79-3: 1–115 (1979)
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Friis in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23a: 407–424 (1990).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 482 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 27, 2013 Burchell [s.n.], Brazil K000946828 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [412], Cameroon K000027241 No
Jan 1, 1996 Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. [8207], Brazil K000946827 Yes
Oct 1, 1980 Glaziou, A.F.M. [13213], Brazil K000946824 Yes
Eyles, F. [8818], Zimbabwe 13148.000 No
Kenya 13149.000 No
Robson, N.K. [928], Zambia 13150.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [25803], Nigeria 13151.000 No
Angus, A. [435], Zambia 15979.000 No
Forman, L.L. [282], Indonesia 15980.000 No
Forman, L.L. [189], Indonesia 17076.000 No
Forman, L.L. [210], Indonesia 17077.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [401], Indonesia 26332.041 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [7892], Zambia 2710.000 No
Papua New Guinea 2716.000 No
Forman, L.L. [350], Indonesia 2717.000 No
Forman, L.L., Indonesia 2718.000 No
Rodway, F.A. [2543], Australia 2719.000 No
Hamilton, A.C. [93], Uganda 27461.010 No
Tanzania 29047.039 No
Newbould, J. [2481], Tanzania 29101.000 No
Small, D. [81], Sierra Leone 29372.000 No
Miller, A.K. [393], Uganda 29435.000 No
Dawkins, H. [671], Uganda 30414.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3305], Kenya 35459.000 No
Kajewcki [1912], Papua New Guinea 46960.000 No
Hepper [8170], Côte d'Ivoire 47009.000 No
Harris, D.J. [746], Central African Republic 53769.000 No
Harris, D.J. [492], Central African Republic 53771.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [10501], Ecuador 54211.000 No
Morren [3066], New Guinea 60069.000 No
Morren [3065], New Guinea 60080.000 No
Fay, J.M. [8637], Central African Republic 60243.000 No
Harris, D.J. [1110], Central African Republic 60361.000 No
Frodin, D.G. [3197A], New Guinea 63130.000 No
Frodin, D.G. [3358], New Guinea 63183.000 No
Harris, D.J. [1429], Central African Republic 63257.000 No
Cheek, M. [8888], Cameroon 63838.000 No
Coode, M. [4177], Reunion 7334.000 No
Hamilton, A.C. [95], Uganda 7554.000 No
Philcox, D. [4572], Brazil 7573.000 No
Jacobs [7932], Philippines 7666.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [396], Indonesia 70091.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10494], Indonesia 70092.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10623], Indonesia 70093.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [397], Indonesia 70094.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10617], Indonesia 70095.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [42], Indonesia 62395.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [81], Indonesia 62405.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10430], New Guinea 62497.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9781], New Guinea 62505.000 No
Puradyatmika, P. [10435], New Guinea 70577.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9766], New Guinea 70609.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9779], New Guinea 70610.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10425], New Guinea 70615.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9779], New Guinea 70616.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9780], New Guinea 70620.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10423], New Guinea 29047.976 No
Johns, R.J. [10423], New Guinea 29047.973 No
Johns, R.J. [10595], New Guinea 29047.978 No
Johns, R.J. [10595], New Guinea 29047.979 No
Johns, R.J. [10472], New Guinea 29047.980 No
Triono, T. [174], New Guinea 29047.981 No
Johns, R.J. [10667], New Guinea 64379.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10450], New Guinea 64378.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10493], New Guinea 64417.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10446], New Guinea 64382.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10661], New Guinea 64380.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10430], New Guinea 64384.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10494], New Guinea 64383.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10435], New Guinea 71247.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10405], New Guinea 71252.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10503], New Guinea 71249.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10511], New Guinea 71250.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10510], New Guinea 71261.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10682], New Guinea 71262.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10430], New Guinea 70652.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10713], Indonesia 72653.000 No
Johns, R.J. [8747], Indonesia 72668.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10470], Indonesia 70000.098 No
Johns, R.J. [10512], Indonesia 64591.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10510], Indonesia 64593.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10510], Indonesia 64594.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10510], Indonesia 72681.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10595], Indonesia 72680.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10511], Indonesia 72679.000 No
Harley, R.M. [21392], Brazil 72757.000 No
Chevalier, A. [22444], Ivory Coast K000243191 Yes
Fyffe, R. [77], Uganda K000243355 Yes
Johns, R.J. [10792], Indonesia 70000.145 No
Johns, R.J. [10792], Indonesia 64616.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10797], Indonesia 64620.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10802], Indonesia 73262.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10792], Indonesia 73276.000 No
Walker, J.S. [DB325], Sulawesi 73935.000 No
Walker, J.S. [DB165], Sulawesi 73949.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10794], New Guinea 64563.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10794], New Guinea 64564.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10796], New Guinea 64726.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Nepal K001132560 Yes
Rosário, C.S. [1007], Brazil K000946825 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21515], Brazil K000946826 Yes
Spruce, R. [2217], Brazil K000946433 Yes
Pott, A. [2464], Brazil K000946823 Yes
Cheek, M. [8273], Cameroon K000381398 No
Asongani, J.N. [1298], Cameroon K000436266 No
s.coll. [2217], Brazil K000946432 Yes

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

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

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