Ficus salicifolia

Ficus salicifolia

Ficus salicifolia

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 salicifolia

Name

Ficus salicifolia Vahl, 1790

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia (Vahl) C.C.Berg in Kew Bull. 43: 82 (1988)
  • Urostigma salicifolium (Vahl) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 556 (1847)
• Heterotypic
  • Ficus ambiguum Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 219 (1775)
  • Ficus eucalyptoides Batt. & Trab. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 628, 676 (1911 publ. 1912)
  • Ficus indica Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 179 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus neriifolia A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 267 (1850), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus pretoriae Burtt Davy in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 122 (1912)
  • Ficus salicifolia var. australis Warb. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 139 (1906)
  • Ficus taab Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 219 (1775), nom. rej.
  • Ficus teloukat Batt. & Trab. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 628 (1911 publ. 1912)

Homonyms

• Ficus salicifolia Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 431 (1848), nom. illeg. vide Ficus subulata Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 460 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya Regional:Central Africa Botswana, Central African Repu, Chad, Malawi, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional:Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan , Tanzania Regional:Northern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Continental:Asia-temperate Regional:Peninsular Arabia Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vahl, M. 1790. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 1. 85 pp., tt. 1–25. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 82

Additional references

• Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ficus subsection Urostrigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38: 653-686.
• 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.  [Cited as Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus salicifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus salicifolia. Published online. Accessed: March 26 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus salicifolia. 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 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus salicifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2024.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Wonderboomvy
Deutsch: Wunderbaum-Feige
English: Wonderboom, Wonderboom fig, Willow-leaved fig, African fig
SiSwati: inDhlaleni
Sesotho: Mohlhatša (N)
isiZulu: isiSantu

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