Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus lingua Warb. ex De Wild. & T.Durand

First published in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 3, 1: 216 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 64, t. 14 C
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 138.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 166

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 180, t. 61 (1985).
  • De Wild. & Th. Dur. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 3, 2: 216 (1901).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 156 (1916).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 608 (1958).
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 138 (1948).
  • Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot, sér. 6, 1: 24 (1904).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11676] Cameroon K000339911 No
Oct 1, 2010 Rønsted, N. [208] Cameroon K000339884 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3758] Cameroon K000026761 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2661] Cameroon K000026762 No
May 1, 1995 Lane, P. [6] Cameroon K000011734 No
Gossweiler, J. [1004] Angola K000243389 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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/
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    • 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