Ficus torresiana Standley (1937: 387)

Pederneiras, Leandro Cardoso, Mansano, Vidal De Freitas & Romaniuc-Neto, Sergio, 2017, Taxonomic synopsis of the Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea (Moraceae) from Colombia, Phytotaxa 313 (1), pp. 1-22 : 18-20

19. Ficus torresiana Standley (1937: 387) .

Type:— COSTA RICA. Cartago: El Muñeco, south of Navarro , 8–9 February1924, P. C. Standley 33535 (holotype: F!; isotypes: US-1226350! US-1226351!) .

= Ficus ciroana Dugand (1943: 267) . Type :— COLOMBIA. Valle : Cordillera Occidental, vertiente occidental, hoya del Río Anchicayá, entre Pavas y Miramar, 16 May 1943, J. Cuatrecasas 14391 (lectotype designated here: COL-14099!; isotypes: COL-14190! COL-79324! F-1330602! F-1330603! F-1160272!).

Terrestrial trees, 7–25 m tall. Leaf blade 26–42 cm long, 16–25 cm wide, elliptic, rarely obovate, apex acuminate, base obtuse cordate, glabrous or puberulent adaxially, hispid to puberulent abaxially, secondary veins 13–20 pairs; petiole 12–20 cm long, hispid, periderm flaking off; stipules caducous, 5.5–8.0 cm long, hispid to puberulent. Syconia in pairs; peduncle sessile or to 1 mm long, hispid; lateral bracts absent; receptacle 1.3–1.5 cm in diam. when dry, muricate, hispid, apex rounded ( Fig. 10A, B ).

Distribution and habitat in Colombia: — Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Chocó, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo and Valle del Cauca in premontane rainforests at elevations of 350–1400 m ( Fig. 8 ).

Selected specimens: — COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Anorí, Providencia, Soejarto 3442 (COL, F, JAUM); Anorí, Vereda El Carmen, Dos Bocas, Callejas 8769 (NY); Campamento, Callejas 8291 (NY, US); Chigorodó, Carretera a Turbo, García-Barriga 17660 (COL, NY, US); Dabeiba, 32 km SE de Mutatá en la via Mutatá-Dabeiba, R.Callejas 5100 (NY, VEN); Dabeiba, 41 km de Dabeiba, Gentry 20266 (COL); Mutatá, Zona Cauchera, Cabrera 55 (COL); Mutatá, Carretera Mutatá-Pavarandocito, Km 2, Carretera Mutatá-Pavarandocito, Betancur 87 (HUA); Nariño, Uribe 1628 (COL, JAUM); San Luis, Vereda de Manizales, Vereda de Manizales, Orozco 662 (COL, HUA); Turbo, 65 km south of Turbo, Haught 4645 (COL, US).—Boyacá: Soatá, Alto de Onzaga, Hernández 700 (COL).—Caquetá: San José del Fragua, Bernal 433 (COL).—Chocó: 11 kms E Tutunendo, road Quibdo-Medellín, Gentry 17549 (COL, NY).—Nariño: Tumaco, Romero 2700 (COL); Tumaco, entre Santa Maria-Río Rosaura, Romero-Castañeda 5164 (COL, NY).—Norte de Santander: Ocaña to Pomplana, Kalbreyer 4500 (K).—Putumayo: Puerto Asis, Puerto Asis y Umbria, Cuatrecasas 11257 (COL, US); Villagarzón, Rubiano 1150 (COL).—Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Bendiciones, Devia 2363 ( US); Cartago, Río Dagua, Cuatrecasas 15155 (COL).

Notes:— Ficus torresiana was synonymized with F. macbridei Standley (1937: 305) by DeWolf (1965), Burger (1977), Berg & Villavicencio (2004) and Berg (2009), but the former species differs from the latter mainly by presence of lateral bracts (absent vs. present in whorls), and basal bract length (6.0–8.0 vs. 2.0–3.0 mm long). These species are also centered in different biogeographic provinces. Ficus macbridei is centered on the South Brazilian province and F. torresiana is on the Pacific province.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Distribution of Ficus rieberiana, F. santanderana, F.segoviae, F.tonduzii, F.torresiana, F. ulei and F.yoponensis in Colombia based on herbarium specimens.

FIGURE 10. Twigs with syconia and stipules. A, B. Ficus torresiana (Callejas 8769, Betancurt 87). C. F. ulei (Philipson 2194). D. F. yoponensis (David 3053).