Ficus exasperata

Ficus exasperata

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 exasperata

Name

Ficus exasperata Vahl, 1805

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus asperrima Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 554 (1832)
  • Ficus hispidissima Wight ex Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 229 (1848)
  • Ficus politoria Moon in Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 74 (1824)
  • Ficus punctifera Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 35 (1904)
  • Ficus scabra Willd. in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1798: t. 2 (1798), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus serrata Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 179 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Ficus silicea Sim in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 102 (1909)
  • Synoecia guillielmi-primi de Vriese in Synoecia Guillielmi I: 1 (1861)

Homonyms

• Ficus exasperata Roxb. in Hort. Bengal.: 66 (1814), nom. illeg. vide Ficus ampelos Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 226 (1768)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Central African Repu, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional:Eastern Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania Continental:Asia-tropical Regional:Indian subcontinent India, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka Regional:Peninsular Arabia Yemen 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. : 2:197.

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. 
• 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 exasperata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus exasperata. Published online. Accessed: March 17 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus exasperata. 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 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus exasperata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus exasperata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Woudskurwevy
English: Sandpaper forest fig
മലയാളം: തേരകം

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