Ficus laurifolia Lam.

Berg, C. C., 2011, Ficus laurifolia (Moraceae) finally in position, Blumea 56 (2), pp. 159-160 : 159-160

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Ficus laurifolia Lam. View in CoL

Ficus laurifolia Lam. (1788) 495; Schweinf. (1899) t. 2578. — Urostigma laurifolium (Lam.) Miq. (1847) 539. — Type: ex Hort Paris, 1765, in herb. de Jussieu 16732 (holo P).

Ficus ovata Vahl (1805) View in CoL 185. — Type: Thonning s.n. (holotype C, n.v., lost!) Ghana; Berg, Hijman & Weerdenburg (1984) 216; (1985) 230; Berg & Wiebes (1992) 165.

Ficus martinicensis Willden.(1806) View in CoL 1137.— Type: Herb. Willdenow no. 19287 (holo B), with as indication of origin: India occ.

Ficus spectabilis Kunth & C.D.Bouché (1847) View in CoL 14; Kunth (1847) 235. — Type: Hort. Bot.Berol.,origin unknown (holo B; iso U); Mildbraed & Burret (1911) 243.

Ficus rhododendrifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché (1847) View in CoL 16. — Type: Hort. Bot. Berol., origin unknown (holo B).

Urostigma kunthii Miq. (1853) 96. — Ficus kunthii (Miq.) Miq. (1867) 298, substitute name.

Ficus bibracteata Miq. (1867) 220. — Type: ex Hort. Berlin (holo U), sent in 1851, originally from the botanical garden of Torino.

Ficus pergamenea Galeotti ex Miq. (1867) 221. — Urostigma pergamenum Miq. (1857) 107, nom. nud. — Type: ex Hort. Palermo et Berlin (U), com- prising a single leaf sent from the botanical garden of Palermo and two leaves sent from the botanical garden of Berlin,the former element hereby selected as the lectotype.

Notes — For other synonyms see: Berg et al. (1985) 230; Berg & Hijman (1989) 80; Berg & Wiebes (1992) 165: Ficus africana Kunth & C.D.Bouché (1847) ; F. asymmetrica Hutch. (1915) ; F. brachypoda Hutch. (1915) ; F. buchneri Warb. (1894) ; F. johnstonii Stapf (1906) ; F. megaphylla Warb. (1904) ; F. megaphylla var. glabra Warb. (1904) ; F. octomelifolia Warb. (1904) , F. ovata var. octomelifolia (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret (1911) ; F. pseudoelastica Hiern (1900) ; F. sapinii De Wild. (1913) , F. spectabilis Kunth & C.D.Bouché (1847) ; F. tuberculosa Hiern var. elliptica Hiern (1900) ; F. vohsenii Warb. (1894) ; Urostigma ovatum (Vahl) Miq. (1847) .

Ficus laurifolia sensu Link (1822: 449) View in CoL , “nec Lam.”, has been linked to F. cerasifolia View in CoL and to F. diospyrifolia by Kunth & C.D.Bouché (1847: 16) although with doubt; F. cerasifolia View in CoL is currently included in F. pertusa View in CoL L.f., although with some doubt (see Berg 2007: 308). The identity of the type of Ficus diospyrifolia is quite uncertain.

Mildbraed & Burret (1911) cited as garden names F. sylvestris Hort. Berol. 1846 View in CoL in Ind. Sem Hort. Berol. (1847) 14 and F. africana Hort. Berol. 1846 View in CoL in Kunth & Bouché (1847) 235. The latter name has been cited in Berg et al. (1984, 1985) and Berg & Wiebes (1992), however, without the indication ‘nomen nudum’.

Miquel (1847: 539) also mentioned F. nereifolia and F. rhododendrifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché under Urostigma angustifolia , currently a synonym of Ficus citrifolia Mill. ( Berg 2007: 305).

Miquel (1853: 96) indicated Brazil as the possible origin of Urostigma kunthii .

Ficus neriifolia View in CoL or F. nereifolia Hort. is not the Asian F. neriifolia Sm. View in CoL (see Corner 1965: 39).