Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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 destruens F.Muell. ex C.T.White
, legitimate , scientific
White, C.T. (1 April 1933) , Ligneous plants collected for the Arnold Arboretum in north Queensland by S.F. Kajewski in 1929. Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 4 :
16, t. III.
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Gadagarra, Atherton Tableland, alt. 800 m., common in rain-forest, no. 1087 (type; nearly ripe receptacles), June 8 ..."
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features :
79, Code 525
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982) , A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland :
79, 127, 141, Fig. 20, Code 525
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
136
[secondary reference]
Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989) , Moraceae. Flora of Australia 3 :
42, Map 39
APC
[secondary reference]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system :
11, 32, 160, pl. 98(b), Code 525
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1 :
102, 124, 163, Code 525
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2 :
283, Code 525
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rusty Fig
[n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Fruits of the Rainforest :
130-131, Fig. 259
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rusty Fig
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
307
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs :
74
[secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Moraceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
117
[secondary reference]
Dixon, D.J. (4 July 2003) , A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae). Telopea 10(1) :
138-141, Figs 4, 5 (map)
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Gadgarra, Atherton Tableland, QLD, 8 June 1929, S.F. Kajewski 1087 (holo BRI)."
Etymology:
"The species epithet is Latin for destroy, and refers to the ability of this species to destroy its host. Ficus destruens is a strangler fig eventually killing its host thus securing its place in the canopy of the rainforest."
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
324
[secondary reference]
common name:
Boonjee Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Rusty Fig
[n/a]