Ficus rieberiana C. C. Berg

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 : 15-16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13701272
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scientific name	Ficus rieberiana C. C. Berg
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15. Ficus rieberiana C. C. Berg View in CoL , in Berg & Rosselli (1996: 234).

Type:— ECUADOR. Carchi: Reserva Awa, 16–30 November 1990, Rubio et al. 1068 (holotype: QCNE; isotype: BG!) .

Terrestrial trees, 3–25 m tall. Leaf blade 15–21 cm long, 5.5–7.0 cm wide, elliptic, narrowly elliptic, rarely obovate, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate, adaxial face glabrous, abaxial face hispid; secondary veins 20–26 pairs; petiole 1.5–2.0 cm long, hispid, periderm flaking off; stipules caducous, 1.3–2.0 cm, hispid. Syconia solitary; peduncle 3.0–5.0 mm long, hispid; lateral bracts absent; receptacle 0.9–1.1 cm in diam. when dry, hispid, apex rounded ( Fig. 7C, D View FIGURE 7 ).

Distribution and habitat in Colombia: — Boyaca, Chocó, and Valle del Cauca, in premontane to montane rainforests between 250–1000 m elevation ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ).

Specimens Selected: — COLOMBIA. BOYACA: Santa Maria, carretera Santa Maria - San Luis de Gaceno , Betancur 7718 ( COL) .— CHOCÓ: Río Yuto entre Lloro y la Vuelta, Gentry 24343 ( BG) .— VALLE DEL CAUCA: Alto Yunda, Hilty 27 ( US) ; Buenaventura, San Cipriano, Reserva Natural de Escalerete , Devia 4119 ( COL) .