Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus cyathistipula Warb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 173 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 246, t. 89 (1985).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 161, fig. 10A–E (1895).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 32, t. 6H (1962).
  • Hamilton, Ug. For. Trees: 100 (1981).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 153 (1916).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 357 (1949).
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 172 (1948).
  • Peter in Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 103 (1932).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 442, fig. 150.4 (1982).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 245, fig. 58a (1952).
  • Warb. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20: 173 (1894).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11638] Cameroon K000339895 No
Sep 1, 2004 Rønsted, N. [204] Cameroon K000339877 No
Sep 1, 2004 Rønsted, N. [219] Cameroon K000339896 No
Jul 1, 2002 Lane, P. [530] Cameroon K000026937 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3237] Cameroon K000026938 No
Jun 1, 2002 Ghogue, J.-P. [452] Cameroon K000026757 No
Jun 1, 2002 Lane, P. [531] Cameroon K000026758 No
Jun 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2489] Cameroon K000026756 No
Jun 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4601] Cameroon K000936052 No
Apr 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3590] Cameroon K000936051 No
Apr 1, 1999 Zapfack, L. [1176] Cameroon K000936049 No
Apr 1, 1999 Munyenyembe, P. [871] Cameroon K000936050 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tekwe, C. [104] Cameroon K000011731 No
Jan 1, 1987 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9250] Cameroon K000026936 No
Bullock, A.A. [1095] Zambia K:SPC-15944.000 No
Ewango, C. E. N. [EWANGO790] Congo, Republic of the K001572219 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [877] Uganda K:SPC-23733.000 No
Newbould, J.; Jefford, T. [2544A] Tanzania K:SPC-13125.000 No
Greenway [1658] Tanzania K000243353 Unknown Type Material Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614756 No
Bullock, A.A. [3997] Zambia K:SPC-15941.000 No
Angus, A. [281] Zambia K:SPC-15940.000 No
Zimmermann [963] Tanzania K000243352 Syntype No
Reder [1503] Cameroon K000243263 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown [142] Cameroon K000243264 Type No
Maitland, T.D. [370] Cameroon K000181695 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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