Ficus gibbsiae, AND F. MACILENTA

Berg, C. C., 2011, Corrective notes on the Malesian members of the genus Ficus (Moraceae), Blumea 56 (2), pp. 161-164 : 161

FICUS GIBBSIAE AND F. MACILENTA

The still increasing amount of Ficus collections to be identified comprises pleasant surprises as discoveries of undescribed species and less pleasant ones indicating the need of reconsideration of taxonomic decisions made and published. Some Bornean collections initially believed to belong to F. chartacea proved to match the type of F. gibbsiae Ridl. (1915) , reduced by Corner (1960a) to a subspecies of F. macilenta King. However , the nature and consistency of the characters that distinguish collections already included in var. gibbsiae and three additional ones from the majority of the collections included in F. macilenta lead to the conclusion that F. gibbsiae has to be reinstated.