Ficus lyrata

Ficus lyrata

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 lyrata

Name

Ficus lyrata Warb., 1894

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus pandurata Sander in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 33: 245 (1903), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo Introduced into: Canary Is., El Salvador, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Warb., 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 20:172.

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. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: fiddle-leaf fig
suomi: Lyyraviikuna
Nederlands: Vioolbladplant

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