Ficus lutea

Ficus lutea

Ficus lutea

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 lutea

Name

Ficus lutea Vahl, 1805

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus akaie De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 198 (1914)
  • Ficus apodocephala Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 445 (1885)
  • Ficus arimensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 330 (1921 publ. 1922)
  • Ficus baronii Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 262 (1883)
  • Ficus cabrae Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 9 (1904)
  • Ficus holstii Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 160 (1894)
  • Ficus incognita De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 213 (1914)
  • Ficus kaba De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 213 (1914)
  • Ficus lanigera Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 162 (1894)
  • Ficus nautarum Baker in Fl. Mauritius: 285 (1877)
  • Ficus nekbudu Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 6 (1904)
  • Ficus neumannii Cels ex K.Koch & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 14 (1847)
  • Ficus pachyclada Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 345 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus pseudovogelii A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 135: 443 (1904)
  • Ficus quibeba Welw. ex Ficalho in Pl. Ut. Afr. Portug.: 270 (1884)
  • Ficus senegalensis Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 230 (1867)
  • Ficus subcalcarata Warb. & Schweinf in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 155 (1894)
  • Ficus subcalcarata var. vestitobracteata (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 238 (1911)
  • Ficus trichosphaera Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 261 (1883)
  • Ficus utilis Sim in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 100 (1909)
  • Ficus verrucocarpa Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 294 (1901)
  • Ficus vestitobracteata Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 159 (1894)
  • Ficus vogelii (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 (1867)
  • Ficus vogelii var. pubicarpa Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 238 (1911)
  • Urostigma luteum Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 554 (1847)
  • Urostigma neumannii (Cels ex K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 534 (1847)
  • Urostigma vogelii Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 553 (1847)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Mascareñas Aldabra, Comoros, Seychelles Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional:Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique Regional:Western indian Ocean Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania Introduced into: Chagos Archipelago, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vahl, M. 1805. Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab aliis, vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. Vol. II. XVI+423 pp. Typis N. Mölleri & filii, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2:185.

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus lutea 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 lutea. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus lutea. 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 lutea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus lutea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Reuseblaarvy
Deutsch: Zulufeige
English: Giant-leaved fig, Kaffir fig, Lagos rubber tree
Xitsonga: aMphayi
isiXhosa: umThombe
isiZulu: umVubu-omkulu, umPhayi, umTombetombe

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