Ficus sur

Ficus sur, Venda, Limpopo, South Africa

Ficus sur

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 sur

Name

Ficus sur Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. cxxiv, 180. 1775

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus beniensis De Wild. in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(1): 278 (1921)
  • Ficus brassii R.Br. ex Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 448 (1824)
  • Ficus capensis Thunb. in Ficus: 13 (1786)
  • Ficus capensis var. beniensis (De Wild.) Lebrun in Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 3(1): 32 (1934)
  • Ficus capensis var. guineensis Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1018 (1900)
  • Ficus capensis var. ituriensis (De Wild.) Lebrun in Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 3(1): 31 (1934)
  • Ficus capensis var. mallotocarpa (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 199 (1911)
  • Ficus capensis var. ostiolata (De Wild.) Lebrun in Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 3(1): 32 (1934)
  • Ficus capensis var. pubescens Warb. ex De Wild. & T.Durand in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 3, 1: 215 (1901)
  • Ficus capensis f. pubifolia Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 199 (1911)
  • Ficus capensis var. trichoneura Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 153 (1894)
  • Ficus clethrophylla Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1017 (1900)
  • Ficus erubescens Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 29 (1904)
  • Ficus gongoensis De Wild. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 196 (1913)
  • Ficus guineensis (Miq.) Stapf in H.Johnston, Liberia 2: 652 (1906)
  • Ficus hermannii André in Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 164 (1866)
  • Ficus ituriensis De Wild. in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(1): 281 (1921)
  • Ficus kondeensis Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 292 (1901)
  • Ficus lichtensteinii Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 451 (1822)
  • Ficus mallotocarpa Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 154 (1894)
  • Ficus munsae Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 29 (1904)
  • Ficus ostiolata De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 220 (1914)
  • Ficus ostiolata var. brevipedunculata De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 221 (1914)
  • Ficus panifica Delile in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 20: 94 (1843)
  • Ficus plateiocarpa Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 292 (1901)
  • Ficus riparia (Miq.) A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 267 (1850)
  • Ficus stellulata var. glabrescens Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 27 (1904)
  • Ficus sycomorus var. alnea Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1013 (1900)
  • Ficus sycomorus var. polybotrya Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1014 (1900)
  • Ficus sycomorus var. prodigiosa Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1012 (1900); not accepted by Figueiredo & Smith (2008) [cited as F. sur]
    • Syntypes:
      • F. Welwitsch 6368 (sterile, February 1860; LISU [LISU224147^(JSTOR)]);
      • F. Welwitsch 6369 (in fruit, 16 May 1860; 'Iso(lecto)types': G [​G00008659 (77929/1)^(JSTOR)], LISU {LISU224145^(JSTOR), LISU224146^(JSTOR)}).
    • Type locality: Angola. Huilla [= Huíla]:
      • 6368: Monino forests.
      • 6369: Forests about Lopollo.
  • Ficus thonningiana (Miq.) Miq. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 522 (1849)
  • Ficus villosipes Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 28 (1904)
  • Sycomorus capensis (Thunb.) Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 113 (1848)
  • Sycomorus guineensis Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 112 (1848)
  • Sycomorus panifica (Delile) Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 111 (1848)
  • Sycomorus riparia Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 114 (1848)
  • Sycomorus thonningiana Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 112 (1848)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Ficus sur Africa Macaronesia Cape Verde. West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : cxxiv, 180.

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.  [see page 122]
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 
• Hiern, W.P. 1900. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853-61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part IV. Pp 785–1035. London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus sur in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus sur. Published online. Accessed: 27 March 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus sur. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus sur. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus sur in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: November 9, 2017.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Besemtrosvy
العربية: سوـر
English: Cape Fig
suomi: Punttiviikuna
français: Petit sycomore
Hausa: Uwar yara
Gĩkũyũ: Mũkũyũ
Nederlands: Kaapse wilde vijg
português: Figueira do Cabo
SiSwati: emaKhiwa
Sesotho: Mogo-tshetlo
Kiswahili: Mkuyu
Setswana: Mokoyo
Xitsonga: Nkuwa
Tshivenda: Muhuyu
isiXhosa: umKhiwane
Yorùbá: Opoto
isiZulu: umKhiwane

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