Puneet Varma (Editor)

Ficus subg. Pharmacosycea

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Fig

Order
  
Rosales

Family
  
Moraceae

Rank
  
Subgenus

Similar
  
Fig, Ficus maxima, Ficus insipida, Ficus citrifolia, Pegoscapus

Pharmacosycea is one of six subgenera currently recognised in the genus Ficus. It was proposed by E. J. H. Corner in 1967 to unite section Pharmacosycea with Oreosycea.

Contents

Recent molecular phylogenies has shown that the subgenus is polyphyletic. Section Pharmacosycea is a sister taxa to the rest of the genus Ficus, while section Oreosycea is itself polyphyletic.

Section Pharmacosycea

Section Pharmacosycea is Neotropical. Cornelis Berg recognised two subsections: Bergianae and Petenenses.

Subsection Bergianae includes:

  • Ficus adhatodifolia Schott
  • Ficus carchiana C.C. Berg
  • Ficus crassiuscula Standl.
  • Ficus gigantosyce Dugand
  • Ficus insipida Willd. (subsp. insipida and subsp. scabra C.C. Berg)
  • Ficus lapathifolia (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus mutisii Dugand,
  • Ficus oapana C.C. Berg
  • Ficus obtusiuscula (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus piresiana Vázq.Avila & C.C. Berg
  • Ficus rieberiana C.C. Berg
  • Ficus yoponensis Desv.

    • Subsection Petenenses includes:

  • Ficus apollinaris Dugand (= F. petenensis Lundell)
  • Ficus ecuadorensis C.C. Berg
  • Ficus guajavoides Lundell,
  • Ficus lacunata Kvitvik
  • Ficus loxensis C.C. Berg
  • Ficus macbridei Standl.,
  • Ficus maxima Mill.
  • Ficus maximoides C.C. Berg
  • Ficus pulchella Schott
  • Ficus tonduzii Standl.

    • Section Oreosycea

    Section Oreosycea is Palaeotropical.

    References

    Ficus subg. Pharmacosycea Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics