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Taxon

Ficus lyrata Warb.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(1-2): 172. 1894 [16 Nov 1894]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 054.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 054.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 053.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 053.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 051.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 056.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 056.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 052.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 055.jpg

Ficus lyrata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 055.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo; introduced into Canary Is., El Salvador, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 14, 2005

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Ficus

Specific Epithet

lyrata

Authorship

Warb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#333,805 of 335,497

Top 100%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →