Ficus natalensis

Ficus natalensis

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 natalensis
Subspecies: F. n. subsp. graniticola – F. n. subsp. leprieurii – F. n. subsp. natalensis

Name

Ficus natalensis Hochst., 1845

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional:Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania Regional:Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Introduced into: Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hochst., 184. Flora, oder (Allgemeine) Botanischer Zeitung. Regensberg, Jena 28:88.

Additional references

• 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 natalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus natalensis. Published online. Accessed: March 22 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus natalensis. 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 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus natalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus natalensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Natalvy, Natalse wildevy, Kuswurgvy
Deutsch: Natal-Feige
English: Natal fig, Bark-cloth fig, Sweetheart tree (subsp. leprieurii), Triangular-leaved fig (subsp. leprieurii)
français: Figuier de Natal
Luganda: Mutuma
Nederlands: Swietiboontje
Kiswahili: Mlumba, Mlandege (Zanzibar)
isiZulu: umThombe

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