Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus pertusa L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 442 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Berg, C.C. & Villavicencio, X. (2004). Taxonomic studies on Ficus (Moraceae) in the West Indies, extra-Amazonian Brazil, and Bolivia. Ilicifolia 5: 1-130.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríques, G. & al. (2012). El género Ficus L. (Moraceae) en México. Botanical Sciences 90: 389-452.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pelissari, G. & Romaniuc Neto, S. (2014). Ficus tubulosa (Moraceae), a new Amazonian species and the re-establishment of Ficus trachelosyce. Phytotaxa 170: 207-212.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Ibarra-Manríques, G. & al. (2012). El género Ficus L. (Moraceae) en México. Botanical Sciences 90: 389-452.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 29, 2023 Ponce Vargas, A.; Rodríguez Arévalo, N.I.; Alvarez Lara, J.; López Carrera, M.; Andrade Domínguez, T.; Isalas Tello, L.A. [APV 1889] Mexico K009001423 No
Mar 1, 2016 Spruce, R. [4274] Peru K000110700 Yes
Sep 21, 2013 Smith, A.C. [3143] Guyana K000442935 Type Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6724] Brazil K000946477 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Hamilton, W.D. [34] Brazil K000634376 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Pena, E.M.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [2451] Brazil K000578796 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Kallunki, J.A.; Pirani, J.R.; Cordeiro, I.; Moraes, P.L.R. [510] Brazil K000946461 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; Santos, M.R. [1262] Brazil K000946459 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Amaral, I.L.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [352] Brazil K000946458 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Kuhlmann, J.G. [1175] Brazil K000946494 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Kuhlmann, J.G. [756] Brazil K000946473 Yes
Nov 19, 1980 Heringer, E.P. [17656] Brazil K000946460 Yes
Sep 26, 1980 Traill, J.W.H. [715] Brazil K000946482 Yes
Sep 26, 1980 Krukoff, B.A. [1676] Brazil K000946485 Yes
Sep 26, 1980 Ule, E. [9307] Peru K000946484 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6807] Brazil K000946462 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2491] Brazil K000946480 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [11986] Brazil K000946475 Yes
Aug 13, 1959 Parker, W. [s.n.] Guyana K000442937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1959 Spruce, R. [6655] Brazil K000946467 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Burchell [6655] Brazil K000946468 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Mexia, Y.E.J. [5689] Brazil K000946472 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Gardner, G. [4354] Brazil K000442939 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Gardner, G. [4354] Brazil K000442938 Lectotype Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Spruce, R. [220] Brazil K000946466 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Glaziou, A.F.M. [22148] Brazil K000946487 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Parker, W. [s.n.] Guyana K000442936 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Gardner [2727] Brazil K000946469 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Moore, S. [676] Brazil K000946486 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Gardner [2727] Brazil K000946470 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Burchell [6060] Brazil K000946463 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Krukoff, B.A. [5655] Brazil K000946481 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Burchell [6351] Brazil K000946464 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Krukoff, B.A. [8740] Brazil K000946474 Yes
Jul 1, 1959 Martius [584] Brazil K000442940 Type Yes
May 1, 1959 Harris, Wm.; Britton, N.L. [10547] Jamaica K000442887 Isolectotype Yes
Mar 1, 1959 March [1452] Jamaica K000442889 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1959 Harris, W. [5261] Jamaica K000442888 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Reitz; Klein [3380] Brazil K000946479 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Reitz; Klein [3911] Brazil K000946478 Yes
Jul 1, 1954 Krukoff, B.A. [5027] Brazil K000946483 Yes
Jul 1, 1854 Spruce, R. [220] Brazil K000946465 Yes
Spruce, R. [1995] K000946471 Yes
Heyde, N. M.; Lindeman, J. C. [322] Suriname K001598838 No
Irwin, H.S. [11986] Brazil K000946476 Yes
Matthews [2061] Peru Ficus peruviana K000110751 Type Yes
Matthews [2061] Peru Ficus peruviana K000110752 Type Yes
Jul 2, 2013 Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; Silva, M.B.; Oliveira, A.G.P.; Flor, J. [M161] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946752 Yes
Jun 6, 2013 Mexia, Y. [5316] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946758 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Duarte, A.P. [7971] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946764 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Carvalho, A.M. [2292] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946755 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Glaziou, A. [20492] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946757 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Hatschbach, G. [6615] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946761 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Glaziou [6005] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946756 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [1908] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946753 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Mori, S.A.; Santos, T.S.; Thompson, C.B. [11154] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946754 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Duarte, A.P. [5418] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946760 Yes
Jun 5, 2013 Dusén, P. [11455] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946762 Yes
May 6, 2013 Ramos, J.F.; Hunt, D.R. [6629] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946759 Yes
Apr 5, 2013 Glaziou, A. [765] Brazil Ficus arpazusa K000946763 Yes
Palmer, E. [92] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000442846 Isotype Yes
Beechey [s.n.] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000442847 Holotype Yes
Schiede, C.J.W.; Deppe, F. [1116] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000693798 Type Yes
Müller, F. [866] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000693797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oersted, A.S. [s.n.] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000693795 Isotype Yes
Liebmann, F.M. [s.n.] Mexico Ficus padifolia K000693796 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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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    • 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0