Biology:Ficus gomelleira

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ficus gomelleira
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. gomelleira
Binomial name
Ficus gomelleira
Kunth & Bouché
Synonyms[2]
  • Ficus fulvistipula Urostigma gomelleira
  • (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq. Benoist
  • Warb. ex Glaz. Ficus schultesii
  • Ficus doliaria Dugand
  • Ficus acarouaniensis (Miq.) Mart.
  • Miq. Urostigma doliarium

Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae.[2][3] This species is monoecious. Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree.[4]

The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more.[5]

Names

The species goes by several common names. In Peru it is called Ojé Renaco, Renaco, or Ojé, while in Brazil it is called Caxinguba, Figuier, or Figueira.[5]

Occurrence

The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]

References

  1. Morales M, P.A.; Lopez-Gallego, C. (2024). "Ficus gomelleira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T179289539A226182305.es. {{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |doi= identifier (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852913-1. 
  3. "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6HX68. 
  4. Voeks, Robert; Rashford, John (2012-09-25) (in en). African Ethnobotany in the Americas. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4614-0836-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=XyutJczrPRAC&dq=Ficus+doliaria&pg=PA315. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Caxinguba (Ficus schultesii)" (in en-US). http://www.tropicaltimber.info/specie/caxinguba-ficus-schultesii/. 

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