Ficus sansibarica

Ficus sansibarica subsp. sansibarica

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 sansibarica
Subspecies: F. s. subsp. macrosperma – F. s. subsp. sansibarica

Name

Ficus sansibarica Warb., 1894

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania 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 20:171.

Additional references

• Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
• 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 sansibarica 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 sansibarica. Published online. Accessed: March 26 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus sansibarica. 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 sansibarica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus sansibarica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Knoppiesvy
English: Knobbly fig
Sesotho: Mohlapa (N)
Xitsonga: Nhlampfu
Tshivenda: Mutamvu

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