Ficus luducca, Roxb., Flora Indica, 1832

Turner, Ian M., 2015, The botanical legacy of Thomas Hardwicke’s journey to Srinagar in 1796, European Journal of Taxonomy 108, pp. 1-25 : 22

Ficus luducca

Roxburgh (1832b) included two of the figs that Hardwicke found on his journey to Srinagar ( Ficus luducca and F. chincha ). Hardwicke included four Ficus species in his Asiatick Researches paper – Ficus laminosa and unnamed species numbered 2–4. There is no clear direct link to relate Hardwicke’s species to Roxburgh’s names, but the descriptions indicate, as supported by Madden (1849), that Hardwicke’s ‘ Ficus 2’ refers to Ficus luducca , and ‘ Ficus 3’ to F. chincha . There is a Roxburgh specimen in the BR herbarium that must have come from Hardwicke judging by the collection label. Corner (1960b) effectively lectotypified the name to this specimen.