Ficus laurifolia
Ficus laurifolia

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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].
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Vernacular names

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