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Ficus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1059 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000014727.

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Synonyms of Ficus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bosscheria de Vriese & Teysmann; see Teijsmann, Johannes Elias Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 23: 213. 1861. wfo-4000005065
Caprificus Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. 6. 1844. wfo-4000006616
Covellia Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. : 10 (1844) wfo-4000009530
Cystogyne Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. 9. 1844. wfo-4000010575
Dammaropsis Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 296. 1891. wfo-4000010713
Galoglychia Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. 10. 1844 wfo-4000015250
Gonosuke Raf. Sylva Tellur. 58. 1838. wfo-4000016037
Macrophthalma Gasp. Ric. Caprifico 83. 1845. wfo-4000022748
Necalistis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 58. 1838. wfo-4000025428
Oluntos Raf. Sylva Tellur. 58. 1838. wfo-4000026782
Pharmacosycea Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 525. 1847. wfo-4000029129
Pogonotrophe Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 525 (1847) wfo-4000030592
Rephesis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 59. 1838. wfo-4000032768
Sycomorphe Miq. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 1: 35. 1844. wfo-4000037151
Sycomorus Gasp. Richerche Caprif. 86. 1845. wfo-4000037152
Synoecia Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 469 (1848) wfo-4000037314
Tremotis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 59. 1838. wfo-4000038820
Urostigma Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. : 7 (1844) wfo-4000039872
Varinga Raf. Sylva Tellur. 58. 1838. wfo-4000040038
Erosma Booth Nursery Cat. (Booth) : 113 (1847) wfo-4000044985

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ficus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus abbreviata Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4573. 1831 wfo-0000687190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus aculeata var. aculeata – – wfo-0001401105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus adnascens Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4578 B. 1831 wfo-0001357123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus adolfi-friderici Mildbr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 232 1911 — wfo-0001235152
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus alba var. kingii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 626 (1891) wfo-1200110342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus albipila var. albipila – – wfo-0001401153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus allamecraloo Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 650, sphalm. wfo-0001357124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus allutacea var. teysmanniana (Miq.) King Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 131 1888 — wfo-0000687259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus almaei hort. ex L.Laurent Fl. Calc. Célas 91, fig. 18. 1899 [Jul 1899] wfo-1000036081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus alpestris Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 1(4): 696, sphalm. 1849 [28-31 Mar 1849] wfo-0001357125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus alternans Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4555. 1831 wfo-0001357126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus americana Sessé & Moc. Pl. Nov. Hisp. : 181 (1890) wfo-0000687277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus amherstiana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 635. 1840 wfo-0001357127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus anthelmintica Mart. – wfo-0001350082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus apocyneoidea Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 399 (1854) wfo-0000687344
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus arguta Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4489. 1831 wfo-0001357128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus arnottiana var. subcostata Corner – — wfo-1200030279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus artocarpifolia Roxb. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(15): 517, in syn. 1888 [Dec 1888] wfo-0001357129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus asperula var. nuda Bureau Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 14: 261 (1872) wfo-1200011305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus atrox (Miq.) Dugand Caldasia ii. 266 (1943). wfo-0000687405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus attimeeraloo Roxb. ex Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] ii. text. 650. wfo-0001357130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus austrocaledonicus Burm.f. – — wfo-0001260437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus bakeriana Hollick Amer. Naturalist 44(no. 517): 44. 1910 [Jan 1910] wfo-1000035975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus baoulensis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 604 (1920), nomen. wfo-0001353797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus barbidens Warburg Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, Append. 22(1): 6, in obs., nomen. 1909 wfo-0001353802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus barombiensis Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. VI, 1: 14 1904 — wfo-0000687479
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus battieri A.B.Graf Exotica iii. 1614 (1963), sine descr. lat., designat. typi omissa. wfo-0001353798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus bellingeri C.Moore Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales 1893 wfo-0001350093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus binata Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4554. 1831 wfo-0001357131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus binnendykii var. binnendykii – – wfo-1200097127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus binnendykii var. coriacea Corner Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 395 1960 wfo-1200068818
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus binnendykii var. cupulata Corner Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 395 1960 wfo-1200068819
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus binnendykii var. latifolia Corner Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 395. 1960 (1960) wfo-1200011252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus blanda Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 16 (1847) wfo-0000687545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus botryocarpa subsp. botryocarpa – – wfo-1200097128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus brusii Weiblen Gard. Bull. Singapore 71(Suppl. 2): 203. 2019 wfo-1000032317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus buchananii Warb. ex Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2): 99, in syn. 1932 wfo-0001353799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus buntaensis C.C.Berg – wfo-1000064165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus caloneura Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 106 (1873) wfo-0000687657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus calycisperma Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 15. 1790 wfo-0001357132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus casearia var. casearia – – wfo-0001392528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus casearia var. glochidioidi Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1921 , in obs. wfo-0001392529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus casearia var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1921 , in obs. wfo-0001392536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus castanea Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 9(129): 3441. 1937 [25 Nov 1937] , anglice wfo-0000687718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus caulocarpa var. caulocarpa – – wfo-1200097129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus celtidifolia Kunth – — wfo-0001084646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus chartacea (Wall. ex Kurz) Wall. ex King Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 159. 1888 [Jan-Aug 1888] ; also cited as: Sp. Ficus, pt. 2: 159 (1888). wfo-1200027200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus chrysolepis subsp. chrysolepis – – wfo-1200097130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus citharexifolia Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 232 (1867) wfo-0000687832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus coccolobifolia Lodd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 635 (Quid ?). 1840 wfo-0001357133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus combsii Warb. Symb. Antill. (Urban). 3(3): 456. 1903 [1 May 1903] wfo-0000734063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus concinna var. concinna – – wfo-1200097131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus concinna var. dasycarpa Corner Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 8 (1965) wfo-1200011380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus congesta var. congesta – – wfo-0001392548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus corehiana C.C.Berg – — wfo-0001248322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus corymbifera H.Lév. & Vaniot Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona 6: 149 (1907) wfo-0000687940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus crassiramea subsp. crassiramea – – wfo-0001443335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus crustacea Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4501. 1831 wfo-0001357134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus cuneata Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 118 (1828) wfo-0000687997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus dar-es-salani Hutch. Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(2): 171 1916 — wfo-0000688047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus dealbata hort. ex Hérincq L'Hortic. Franc. (1869) 246; Linden, Illustr. Hortic. xvii. (1870) t. 4. wfo-0000688051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus deleteria Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 15. 1790 wfo-0001357135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus deltoidea subsp. deltoidea – – wfo-0001443336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus desertorum B.C.Wilde & R.L.Barrett Telopea 24: 293, figs. 2, 5-10. 2021 wfo-1000027123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus diospyrifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 16 (1847) wfo-0000688134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus diphylla Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4543. 1831 wfo-0001357136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus disticha subsp. disticha – – wfo-0001443337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus djurensis Warburg Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, Append. 22(1): 5, in obs., nomen. 1909 wfo-0001353800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus doratophylla Warb. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59(Mém. 3g): 642. 1913 wfo-0001084879
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus dubia Wall. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 56: 46 (1887) wfo-0000688176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus dubia Wall. ex King Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 46, tt. 56, 83k. 1887 [Jan-Mai 1887] wfo-1200009725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus duvivieri hort. ex Gentil Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 87 (1907), nomen. wfo-0001353801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus dzumacensis var. brevipetiolata Guillaumin Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 8: 182 (1959) wfo-1200011334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus eburnea W.Bull Retail List [Bull] 44: 5. 1869 Catalogue advertised as 'just published' in Gardeners' Chronicle 1869: 414 [17 Apr 1869] wfo-1200010082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus elastica Roxb. Hort. Bengal. (1814) — wfo-1000080249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus elastica var. rubrinervis Sata Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 32: 67. 1944 ; alt. title: Monogr. Ficus Form. & Philipp. 1: 67. 1944 wfo-0001398851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus elastica var. variegata Sata Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 32: 67. 1944 ; alt. title: Monogr. Ficus Form. & Philipp. 1: 67. 1944 wfo-0001398850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus elegans Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288. 1867 wfo-0000688227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus eriobotryoides var. monbuttuensis (Warb.) Lebrun – — wfo-0001316304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus eugenioides var. eugenioides – – wfo-0001392604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fasciculata var. fasciculata – – wfo-0001392612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus finlaysoniana Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4553. 1831 wfo-0001357137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fiskei var. fiskei – – wfo-1200097132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fiskei var. laevifolia Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 18: 69 (1921) wfo-1200011317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fiskei var. multinervia Corner Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 459 (1960) wfo-1200011338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus flavifolia Zhen Zhang, S.Liao, Aver. & K.S.Nguyen Phytotaxa 701(1): 107 (2025) wfo-1000081514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fluminensis Warb. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59(Mém. 3g): 641. 1913 wfo-0001084878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fontanesii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 636 (1840) wfo-0000688360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus formosa Summerh. J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 97. 1941 wfo-0000688362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus frangulina Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 39 (1847) wfo-0000688385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fulvisemma Warb. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59(Mém. 3g): 642. 1913 wfo-0001084880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus fuscescens (Liebm.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 298 (1867) wfo-0000688414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus geniculata var. geniculata – – wfo-0001443338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus glabella var. papuana King Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 50 1887 — wfo-0000688475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus glaberrima subsp. glaberrima – – wfo-0001443339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus glabra Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 390 (1854) wfo-0000688483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus glabrata var. typica Dugand Caldasia 3: 136. 1944 wfo-0001391260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus goyazensis Warb. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59(Mém. 3g): 642. 1913 wfo-0001084881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus grandifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 18 (1847) wfo-0000688549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ficus grandis Simonet, Chopinet & Baccial. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. xxv. 64 (1945), sine descr. lat. () wfo-1000081102