Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
×
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Moraceae Gaudich.
Ficus virens Aiton
, legitimate , scientific
Aiton, W. (1789) , Hortus Kewensis 3 :
451
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Nat. of the West Indies. Introd. about 1762, by Mr. James Gordon."
Corner, E.J.H. (1960) , Taxonomic Notes on Ficus Linn., Asia and Australasia I. Subgen. Urostigma (Gasp.) Miq. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 17 :
376
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features :
59, Code 368
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
229
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
152
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982) , A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland :
60, 123, 141, Fig. 19, Code 368
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Moraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
58
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
common name:
White Fig
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
57
[secondary reference]
Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989) , Moraceae. Flora of Australia 3 :
33
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus glabella var. nesophila ( Miq.) K.Schum.
legitimate
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Buchanan-Hamilton, F. (1827) , A commentary on the third part of the Hortus Malabaricus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(1) : 150
misapplication:
Ficus infectoria Willd.
legitimate
by Roxburgh, W. (1832) , Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3 : -
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Moraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
83-84, Fig. 17E
[secondary reference]
common name:
Banyan
[n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Deciduous Fig
[n/a]
common name:
White Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Sour Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Mountain Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Figwood
[n/a]
common name:
Banyan
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
332
[secondary reference]
common name:
Albayi
[n/a]
Jessup, L.W. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Moraceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
117
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
328
[secondary reference]
common name:
Green Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Deciduous Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Sour Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Banyan
[n/a]
common name:
White Fig
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma fraseri Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghamii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fraseri ( Miq.) F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriifolia ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus caulobotrya var. fraseri ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus saxophila var. sublanceolata Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus glabella var. nesophila ( Miq.) K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolium ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. fraseri ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus virens var. sublanceolata ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
misapplication:
Ficus infectoria Willd.
legitimate
by Roxburgh, W. (1832) , Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3 : -
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology : 217
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Chantarasuwan, B., Berg, C.C. & van Welzen, P.C. (1 October 2013) , A revision of Ficus subsection Urostigma (Moraceae). Systematic Botany 38(3) :
679-680
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma fraseri Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghamii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fraseri Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriifolia ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus caulobotrya var. fraseri ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus glabella var. nesophila ( Miq.) K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolium ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. fraseri ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus lacor var. cunninghamii ( Miq.) M.F.Barrett
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus syringifolia Chantaras., C.C.Berg & Welzen
nom. inval., pro syn.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriaefolium Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma fraseri Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghami Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghamii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghami Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriifolia ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fraseri ( Miq.) F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus caulobotrya ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus glabella var. nesophila ( Miq.) K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriaefolia Domin
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolium ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. fraseri ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Buchanan-Hamilton, F. (1827) , A commentary on the third part of the Hortus Malabaricus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(1) : 150
misapplication:
Ficus infectoria Willd.
legitimate
by Roxburgh, W. (1832) , Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3 : -
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology : 217
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33 :
7
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus virens var. sublanceolata ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriaefolium Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma fraseri Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghami Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma cunninghamii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghami Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus nesophila ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriifolia ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fraseri ( Miq.) F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus caulobotrya ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cunninghamii ( Miq.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus syringaefolia C.Moore
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus syringaefolia M.R.Schomb.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus syringaefolia C.Moore
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus glabella var. nesophila ( Miq.) K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus psychotriaefolia Domin
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolium ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. fraseri ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii ( Miq.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus syringifolia Chantaras., C.C.Berg & Welzen
nom. inval., pro syn.
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Buchanan-Hamilton, F. (1827) , A commentary on the third part of the Hortus Malabaricus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(1) : 150
misapplication:
Ficus infectoria Willd.
legitimate
by Roxburgh, W. (1832) , Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3 : -
misapplication:
Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
legitimate
by Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology : 217
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW