Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus salicifolia Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 1: 82 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.

Flora of Somalia

  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dawkins, H.C. [645] Uganda K:SPC-11670.000 No
Wild, H. [2271] Zimbabwe Ficus pretoriae K:SPC-02705.000 No
Hughes, J. [267] Tanzania Ficus pretoriae K:SPC-17326.001 No
Jan 21, 1984 Fanshawe, D.B. [F6634] Zambia Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000315297 No
Oct 29, 1983 Miller, O.B. [B296] Botswana Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000315237 No
Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000243294 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [257] Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000243295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [257] Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000243293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A. [6767] Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000243234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Codd, L.E. [1085] South Africa Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia K000315290 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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