Ficus obtusifolia

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 obtusifolia

Ficus obtusifolia Kunth, 1817

Heterotypic
- Ficus bonplandiana (Liebm.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 298 (1867)
- Ficus chiapensis Lundell in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 7: 6 (1942)
- Ficus clusiifolia Kunth ex Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 678 (1849), not validly publ.
- Ficus floresina Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4(30): 58 (1937)
- Ficus gardneriana (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 297 (1867)
- Ficus involuta (Liebm.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 298 (1867)
- Ficus mattogrossensis Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 16 (1940)
- Ficus pascuorum Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4(30): 54 (1937)
- Ficus proctor-cooperi Standl. in Trop. Woods 16: 36 (1928)
- Urostigma bonplandianum Liebm. in Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 39 (1851)
- Urostigma gardnerianum Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 530 (1847)
- Urostigma involutum Liebm. in Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 36 (1851)

Ficus obtusifolia Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 546 (1832), nom. illeg. vide Ficus curtipes Corner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 397 (1960)

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America
- Regional:Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional:Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional:Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional:Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional:Caribbean
  - Leeward Is.
Continental:Northern America
- Regional:Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Myanmar

Kunth, C.S. in F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., 1817. Nov. Gen. Sp. 2:40[folio]; 2:49[quarto].

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Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [unavailable to the public] Reference page.
Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus obtusifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus obtusifolia. Published online. Accessed: March 23 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus obtusifolia. 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 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus obtusifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus obtusifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: October 2, 2018.

English: amate
español: matapalo

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