Ficus aurea

Ficus aurea

Ficus aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus
Species: Ficus aurea

Name

Ficus aurea Nutt., 1846

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus aurea var. latifolia Nutt. in N. Amer. Sylv. 2: 4 (1846)
  • Ficus cabusana Standl. & Steyerm. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 226 (1940)
  • Ficus ciliolosa Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 450 (1822), nom. rej.
  • Ficus dimidiata Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 151 (1859)
  • Ficus jimenezii Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 14 (1917)
  • Ficus laterisyce W.C.Burger in Phytologia 26: 426 (1973)
  • Ficus lundellii Standl. in Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 54 (1935)
  • Ficus mayana Lundell in Wrightia 5: 157 (1975)
  • Ficus rigidula Lundell in Wrightia 5: 159 (1975)
  • Ficus sapotifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 17 (1847)
  • Ficus sororia Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 16 (1847)
  • Ficus venusta Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 16 (1847)
  • Ficus warczewiczii (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 298 (1867)
  • Urostigma venustum (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 538 (1847)
  • Urostigma warszewiczii Miq. in Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 13: 410 (1862)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional:Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is. Regional:Central America Belize, Central American Pac, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Continental:Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Regional:Southestern USA Florida References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1846. Vol. 2. The North American Sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux, and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the Territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as various parts of the United States. 123 pp. Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 2: 4.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus aurea. Published online. Accessed: March 14 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus aurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus aurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Florida strangler fig

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