Difference between revisions of "Ficus americana"

Aublet

Hist. Pl. Guiane, 952. 1775.

Common names: West Indian laurel fig
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration;tree some measurement"><b>Trees,</b> evergreen, to 12 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root derivation;root location"><b>Roots </b>adventitious, aerial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration;bark coloration;bark architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Bark </b>grayish to brown, smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="branchlet coloration;branchlet architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Branchlets </b>grayish, smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules 0.7-0.9 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole some measurement">petiole 0.2-1 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade elliptic to obovate, 2-8 × 1-4 cm, base usually acute or cuneate to nearly obtuse, margins entire, apex acute, obtuse, or short-apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially and adaxially glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="basal vein atypical quantity;basal vein quantity">basal veins 1 (-2) pairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lateral-vein quantity;lateral-vein arrangement">lateral-veins 6-14 pairs, not uniformly spaced.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="syconium arrangement;syconium coloration;syconium coloration;syconium shape;syconium diameter;syconium pubescence"><b>Syconia </b>paired, red, not spotted, globose, 3-7 mm diam., glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">peduncles 2-5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="peduncle some measurement;peduncle quantity;peduncle fusion;peduncle shape;peduncle some measurement">subtending bracts 2, basally connate, ovate, 1-1.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ostiole width;ostiole some measurement;ostiole shape;beak quantity">ostiole ca. 1 mm wide, subtended by 3 bracts, bracts ca. 1 mm, not umbonate.</span><!--
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 5 November 2020

Trees, evergreen, to 12 m. Roots adventitious, aerial. Bark grayish to brown, smooth. Branchlets grayish, smooth. Leaves: stipules 0.7-0.9 cm; petiole 0.2-1 cm. Leaf blade elliptic to obovate, 2-8 × 1-4 cm, base usually acute or cuneate to nearly obtuse, margins entire, apex acute, obtuse, or short-apiculate; surfaces abaxially and adaxially glabrous; basal veins 1(-2) pairs; lateral veins 6-14 pairs, not uniformly spaced. Syconia paired, red, not spotted, globose, 3-7 mm diam., glabrous; peduncles 2-5 mm; subtending bracts 2, basally connate, ovate, 1-1.5 mm; ostiole ca. 1 mm wide, subtended by 3 bracts, bracts ca. 1 mm, not umbonate.


Phenology: Flowering all year.
Habitat: Disturbed thickets
Elevation: 0-10 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Mexico, native to West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

The name Ficus perforata Linnaeus (Pl. Surin., 17. 1775) is an illegitimate name, based on the same type collection as F. americana Aublet. Ficus americana is locally escaped from cultivation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.