Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Ficus benghalensis Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Ficus indica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1060. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 7722.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1240.8? (LINN); [icon] in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 18, t. 18. 1747; [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 3: 73, t. 57. 1682; [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 3: 85, t. 63. 1682; [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 140, t. 223. 1725; [icon] in Tabernaemontanus, New Vollk. Kräuterb.: 1370. 1664; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 178, f. 4. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 144. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 96: 34 (BM-SL).

Current name: Ficus benghalensis L. (Moraceae).

Note: See discussion by Corner (in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 17: 382. 1960), who treated this as a synonym of F. benghalensis L., though without typifying either name.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F), pp. 516-528 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 519, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM-SL
Material sample ID
34
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Order
Urticales
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
benghalensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ficus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007