Ficus platyphylla

Ficus platyphylla

Ficus platyphylla

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 platyphylla

Name

Ficus platyphylla Delile

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ficus kotschyana (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 (1867)
  • Ficus lateralis Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 5 (1904)
  • Ficus platyphylla var. pubescens Aubrév. in Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 344 (1950)
  • Urostigma binderianum Kotschy in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 51: 353 (1865)
  • Urostigma kotschyanum Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 553 (1847)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Niger, Uganda Regional:Eastern Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Delile, A.R. in F.Caillaud, 1826. Voy. Méroé 4:62

Additional references

• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
• 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 platyphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus platyphylla. Published online. Accessed: March 24 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus platyphylla. 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 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus platyphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus platyphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Nkaba
Fulfulde: Dundeehi

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