Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus asperifolia Miq.

First published in London J. Bot. 7: 231 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Laos

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 595
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 127.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 111

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 124, t. 40 (1985).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 29 (1962).
  • Hook, f., Niger Fl.: 524 (1849).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 111 (1916).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 606 (1958).
  • Lebrun & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 127 (1948).
  • Miq. in Lond Journ. Bot. 7: 231, 564, fig. 15B (1848).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 440, fig. 148.1 (1982).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2023 Tadjouteu, F. ; Zappi ; Joe ; Ghogue, Nguembou, C. [547] Cameroon K001495553 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Baker, W.J. [207] Cameroon K000518856 No
Sep 1, 2004 Rønsted, N. [215] Cameroon K000339892 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7130] Cameroon K000026719 No
Jun 1, 2002 Groves, M. [94 B] Cameroon K000026722 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9519] Cameroon K000026715 No
Jun 1, 2002 Gosline, G. [227] Cameroon K000026729 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3497] Cameroon K000026718 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3444] Cameroon K000026721 No
Jun 1, 2002 Gosline, G. [238] Cameroon K000026714 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2763] Cameroon K000026720 No
Jun 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2526] Cameroon K000026717 No
Jun 1, 2002 Zapfack, L. [933] Cameroon K000026716 No
Jun 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [8373] Cameroon K000026931 No
Jan 1, 1993 Kwangue, A. [55] Cameroon K000011730 No
Ekema, S.N. [596] Cameroon K001401622 Yes
Ensermu, K. [3601] Cameroon K001394472 Yes
Cable, S.; Mukete, W.; Furneaux, P. [510] Cameroon K000875897 Yes
Baker, W.J. [208] Cameroon K000875896 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5573] Sierra Leone K:SPC-15932.000 No
illegible [6336] Angola K000243365 Type No
Cheek, M. [10787] Cameroon K000875901 Yes
Vogel [47] Nigeria K000243183 Type Yes
Vogel [47] Nigeria K000243184 Type Yes
Audrey [6359] Angola K000243364 Type No
Zenker, G.A. [1709] Cameroon K000243227 Type Yes
Welw. [6403] Angola K000243366 Type Yes
Miller, A.K. [395] Uganda Ficus urceolaris K:SPC-23412.000 No
De NERE [954] Congo, Republic of the Ficus urceolaris K001561792 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1821] Sudan Ficus urceolaris K:SPC-02709.000 No
Andrews, F.W. [1534] Sudan Ficus urceolaris K:SPC-02711.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [502] Uganda Ficus urceolaris K:SPC-13144.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [495] Uganda Ficus urceolaris K:SPC-11736.000 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7760] Uganda Ficus storthophylla K000243338 Type Yes

Sources

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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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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  • 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

  • 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