Ficus salicifolia

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 salicifolia

Name

Ficus salicifolia Vahl, 1790

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia (Vahl) C.C.Berg in Kew Bull. 43: 82 (1988)
- Urostigma salicifolium (Vahl) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 556 (1847)
Heterotypic
- Ficus ambiguum Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 219 (1775)
- Ficus eucalyptoides Batt. & Trab. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 628, 676 (1911 publ. 1912)
- Ficus indica Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 179 (1775), nom. illeg.
- Ficus neriifolia A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 267 (1850), nom. illeg.
- Ficus pretoriae Burtt Davy in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 122 (1912)
- Ficus salicifolia var. australis Warb. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 139 (1906)
- Ficus taab Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 219 (1775), nom. rej.
- Ficus teloukat Batt. & Trab. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 628 (1911 publ. 1912)

Homonyms

Ficus salicifolia Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 431 (1848), nom. illeg. vide Ficus subulata Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 460 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- Regional:Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Botswana, Central African Repu, Chad, Malawi, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional:Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan , Tanzania
- Regional:Northern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Continental:Asia-temperate
- Regional:Peninsular Arabia
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vahl, M. 1790. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 1. 85 pp., tt. 1–25. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 82

Additional references

Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ficus subsection Urostrigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38: 653-686.
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. [Cited as Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia.]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus salicifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus salicifolia. Published online. Accessed: March 26 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus salicifolia. 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 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus salicifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2024.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Wonderboomvy
Deutsch: Wunderbaum-Feige
English: Wonderboom, Wonderboom fig, Willow-leaved fig, African fig
SiSwati: inDhlaleni
Sesotho: Mohlhatša (N)
isiZulu: isiSantu