Ficus laurifolia

Ficus laurifolia

Ficus laurifolia

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 laurifolia

Name

Ficus laurifolia Lam., Encycl. 2: 495. (1788)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Urostigma laurifolium (Lam.) Miq., London J. Bot. 6: 539 (1847)
• Heterotypic
  • Ficus africana Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 289 (1867)
  • Ficus asymmetrica Hutch. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 336 (1915), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus bibracteata (Regel) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 220 (1867)
  • Ficus brachypoda Hutch. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 339 (1915), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus brachypoda var. scoana Chiov. in Malpighia 34: 527 (1937)
  • Ficus buchneri Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 157 (1894)
  • Ficus johnstonii Stapf in H.Johnston, Liberia 2: 652 (1906)
  • Ficus kunthii (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 298 (1867), nom. superfl.
  • Ficus martinicensis Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1137 (1806)
  • Ficus megaphylla Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 1 (1904)
  • Ficus megaphylla var. glabra Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 2 (1904)
  • Ficus octomelifolia Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 1 (1904)
  • Ficus ovata Vahl in Enum. Pl. 2: 185 (1805)
  • Ficus ovata var. octomelifolia (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 244 (1911)
  • Ficus pergamenea Galeotti ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 221 (1867)
  • Ficus princeps Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 14 (1847)
  • Ficus pseudoelastica Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 996 (1900), non A.Massal. (1853), fossil name.
  • Ficus rhododendrifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 16 (1847)
  • Ficus sapinii De Wild. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 302 (1913)
  • Ficus spectabilis Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 15 (1846)
  • Ficus tuberculosa var. elliptica Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 4: 1000 (1900)
  • Ficus vohsenii Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 155 (1894)
  • Rephesis ovata (Vahl) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 59 (1838)
  • Urostigma bibracteatum Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 37 (1859)
  • Urostigma kunthii Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 96 (1853)
  • Urostigma ovatum (Vahl) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 553 (1847)
  • Urostigma princeps (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 533 (1847)
  • Urostigma rhododendrifolium Gasp. in Nov. Gen. Fic.: 7 (1844)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre Regional:Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania Continental:Asia-tropical Regional:Indo-China Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1786–1788. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 2. 774 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 2: 495

Additional references

• Berg, C.C. (2011). Ficus laurifolia (Moraceae) finally in position. Blumea 56: 159-160.
• 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].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus laurifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus laurifolia. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus laurifolia. 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 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus laurifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 March 2024.

Vernacular names

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