Biology:Ficus obtusifolia

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Ficus obtusifolia
Ficus obtusifolia tree in Samaria, Nicaragua.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. obtusifolia
Binomial name
Ficus obtusifolia
Kunth
Synonyms[2]
  • Ficus bonplandiana (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus chiapensis Lundell
  • Ficus clusiifolia Kunth ex Walp.
  • Ficus floresina Pittier
  • Ficus gardneriana (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus involuta (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus mattogrossensis Standl.
  • Ficus pascuorum Pittier
  • Ficus proctor-cooperi Standl.
  • Urostigma bonplandianum Liebm.
  • Urostigma gardnerianum Miq.
  • Urostigma involutum Liebm.

Ficus obtusifolia is a species of tree in the family Moraceae.[3] It is native to Mexico, Central America, and Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela in tropical South America.[2]

Description

Trees up to 45 m tall, stranglers or independent; trunks mostly unbuttressed.[4][5] Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 15–25 cm long.[5] Figs globose, 1.5–3 cm in diameter.[5][4]

References

  1. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, Cornejo-Tenorio, G.; Ibarra-Manríquez, G. (2019). "Ficus obtusifolia" (in en). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T136778718A136782486.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136778718/136782486. Retrieved 6 September 2026. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ficus obtusifolia Kunth" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/853317-1. 
  3. ↑ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013) (in en). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. pp. 255–256. ISBN 9780123969545. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burger, C. William (1977). "Flora Costaricensis" (in en). Fieldiana v.40: 172–173. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Croat, Thomas B. (1978) (in en). Flora of Barro Colorado Island. Stanford University Press. pp. 354–356. ISBN 9780804709507. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15474952 entry