Moraceae
Ficus
Ficus virens

Ficus virens var. virens

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Caroline Islands. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Pakistan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

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.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1981). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 3: 1-499. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ghafoor, A. (1985). Flora of Pakistan 171: 1-54. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4540], India Ficus wightiana K001039286 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Mueller, F.J.H. von [s.n.], Queensland Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050917 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Cunningham, A. [89], Queensland Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050924 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Fraser, C. [73], Queensland Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050920 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Wight, R. [4540], Karnataka Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K000880016 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 s.coll. [s.n.], Queensland Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050921 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Fraser, C. [104], Australia Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050922 Yes
Oct 1, 1958 de Vriese, W. H. [s.n.], Sumatera Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050392 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 de Vriese, W. H. [s.n.], Jawa Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050391 Yes
Cunningham, A. [157], Western Australia Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050918 Yes
Cunningham, A. [89], New South Wales Ficus virens var. sublanceolata K001050923 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images