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 opposita Miq.
, legitimate , scientific
Miquel, F.A.W. in Hooker, W.J. (1848) , Prodromus Monographiae Ficuum. London Journal of Botany 7 :
426
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"HAB. in Nova Hollandia, ad Bremer River (a. 1829, Fraser, n. 101! in Hb. Hook.)"
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 :
175-176
[secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication:
Ficus indecora A.Cunn. ex Miq.
legitimate
by Miquel, F.A.W. (1862) , Synopsis Ficearum in Nova Hollandia hactenus detectarum. Journal de Botanique NĂ©erlandaise 1 : 242
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
22
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
67
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
487
[secondary reference]
Vernacular:
Murn-tyul
Vernacular:
Moinjal
Vernacular:
De-poor
Domin, K. (1921) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
570
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus indecora A.Cunn. ex 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 :
471
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features :
78, Code 522
[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 522
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Figwood
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Moraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
57
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus conjugata Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
common name:
A Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
136
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sandpaper
[n/a]
common name:
Sweet 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 :
56
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalanii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
common name:
Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Moraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
80, Fig. 18D, E
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus orbicularis A.Cunn. ex Miq.
legitimate
common name:
Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
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 :
12, 32, 164, pl. 102(d), Code 522
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1 :
102, 124, 163, Code 522
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Figwood
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2 :
290, Code 522
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Sandpaper
[n/a]
common name:
Figwood
[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]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999) , Native Plants of Queensland 4 :
196
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sandpaper Fig
[n/a]
common name:
Sweet Fig
[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]
Berg, C.C. & E.J.H.Corner (2005) , Moraceae - Ficus. Flora Malesiana Series I 17(2) :
241-243, Map 3
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus aculeata A.Cunn. ex Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus orbicularis A.Cunn. ex Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalanii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus micracantha Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus aculeata var. micracantha ( Miq.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus opposita var. micracantha ( Miq.) Corner
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Ficus beckleri Miq.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ficus opposita Miq. var. opposita
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalanii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
Dixon, D.J. (23 November 2007) , Ficus carpentariensis - a new sandpaper fig for northern Australia and a revision of the F. opposita complex (Moraceae: Ficus subg. Ficus sect. Sycidium informal group F. copiosa). Nuytsia 16(2) :
280-283, Figs 5, 6 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalanii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus conjugata Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus apolepomena Summerh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus branderhorstii Diels
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ficus opposita Miq. var. opposita
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalani Miq.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus fitzalanii Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus conjugata Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus yarrabensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus xerophila Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus apolepomena Summerh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus branderhorstii Diels
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ficus cumingii var. androbrota ( Summerh.) Corner
legitimate