Moraceae
Ficus
Ficus sansibarica

Ficus sansibarica subsp. macrosperma (Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret) C.C.Berg

First published in Kew Bull. 43: 94 (1988)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1979). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 6: 1-636. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • 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].

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Rønsted, N. [212] Cameroon K000339913 No
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11963] Cameroon K000339885 No
Sep 1, 2004 Rønsted, N. [218 a] Cameroon K000339914 No
Feb 1, 2004 Ujor, E.U. [30345] Cameroon K000181689 No
Mar 6, 1985 Welw. [6338] Angola K000243414 Type Yes
Mar 6, 1985 Gossweiler, J. [1005] Angola K000243415 Type Yes
Bunting [s.n.] Liberia K000243224 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fay, J.M. [7140] Central African Republic K:SPC-63432.000 No
Melville, F. [622] Equatorial Guinea Ficus macrosperma K:SPC-29512.000 No
Zenker, G.A. [2639] Cameroon Ficus macrosperma K000243272 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [F.H.I. 37245] Nigeria Ficus macrosperma K:SPC-16907.000 No
Richards, H.M. [13413] Tanzania Ficus brachylepis K:SPC-23773.000 No
White, F. [1830] Zambia Ficus brachylepis K:SPC-13118.000 No
Wild, H. [2141] Zimbabwe Ficus brachylepis K:SPC-16800.000 No
Angus, A. [619] Zambia Ficus brachylepis K:SPC-15928.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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