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 microcarpa L.f.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782) , Supplementum Plantarum :
442
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Java. Thunberg."
Miquel, F.A.W. in Hooker, W.J. (1847) , Prodromus Monographiae Ficuum. London Journal of Botany 6 :
583
[basionym]
basionym of:
Urostigma microcarpum ( L.f.) Miq.
legitimate
Corner, E.J.H. (1960) , Taxonomic Notes on Ficus Linn., Asia and Australasia I. Subgen. Urostigma (Gasp.) Miq. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 17 :
397-399
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features :
59, Code 365
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982) , A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland :
59, 123, 141, Fig. 20, Code 365
[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 :
57
[secondary reference]
Text:
"In Australia wrongly referred to as Ficus retusa L. or F. nitida Thunb."
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 :
38
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Urostigma microcarpum ( L.f.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cairnsii Warb.
legitimate
misapplication:
Ficus nitida Thunb.
legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(47) : 195
misapplication:
Ficus retusa L.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 : 166
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1 :
99. 124, 163, Code 363
[secondary reference]
common name:
Small Fruited Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2 :
287, Code 365
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Small fruited Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Hills Weeping Fig
[n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Fruits of the Rainforest :
132-133, Fig. 264
[secondary reference]
common name:
Small-fruited 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]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
325
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cairnsii Warb.
legitimate
common name:
Indian Laurel Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Small-fruited Fig
[n/a]
Berg, C.C. & E.J.H.Corner (2005) , Moraceae - Ficus. Flora Malesiana Series I 17(2) :
666-669, Figs 108, 123, 124
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Urostigma microcarpum ( L.f.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma accedens var. latifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus dictyophleba F.Muell. ex Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cairnsii Warb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana var. typica Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana var. minor Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. latifolia ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Urostigma microcarpum ( L.f.) Miq.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ficus microcarpa L.f. var. microcarpa
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ficus microcarpa L.f. f. microcarpa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urostigma accedens var. latifolium Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus dyctiophleba Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus dictyophleba F.Muell. ex Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus naumanni Engl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus hillii F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus dahlii K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cairnsii Warb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana var. typica Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana var. minor Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus thynneana F.M.Bailey var. thynneana
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. naumanni ( Engl.) Corner
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. hillii ( F.M.Bailey) Corner
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. latifolia ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
misapplication:
Ficus nitida Thunb.
legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(47) : 195
misapplication:
Ficus retusa L.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 : 166
misapplication:
Ficus retusa L.
legitimate
by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900) , Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : 189
misapplication:
Ficus retusa var. nitida ( Thunb.) King
isonym
by Ridley, H.N. (1906) , The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45 : 226
Ferrer-Gallego, P.P. & Boisset, F. (13 April 2017) , Typification of the Indo-Australasian Malay Banyan Ficus microcarpa L. f. (Moraceae). Annales Botanici Fennici 54(1-3) :
149
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"(designated here): Herb. Linn. No. 1240.19 (LINN!)."
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019 :
11
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ficus microcarpa L.f. var. microcarpa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. naumanni ( Engl.) Corner
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. latifolia ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus microcarpa var. hillii ( F.M.Bailey) Corner
legitimate