Ficus crassivenosa Burger (1973: 424)

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 : 5-6

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scientific name	Ficus crassivenosa Burger (1973: 424)
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5. Ficus crassivenosa Burger (1973: 424) View in CoL .

Type:— COSTA RICA. Heredia, Hacienda Santiago, adjacent to east side of La Selva , near Puerto Viejo , Sarapiquí , 29 May1973, G. S. Hartshorn 1238 (holotype: F-1721187!; isotypes: CR, F-1854142!) .

Hemi-epiphyte trees 12–50 m tall. Leaf blade 8.0– 12 cm long, 4.0–6.0 cm wide, elliptic, base obtuse to cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded, rare acute, adaxial face smooth and glabrous, abaxial face puberulent; secondary veins 10–24 (–40) pairs; petiole 1.0–3.0 cm long, glabrous, periderm persistent; stipules 1.5–4.0 cm long, caducous, puberulent. Syconia solitary, peduncle 4.0– 10 mm long, puberulent; lateral bracts absent; receptacle 1.2–2.0 cm diam. when dry (in vivo, to 3.5 cm), puberulent, apex rounded ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ).

Distribution and habitat in Colombia: —Chocó, and Valle del Cauca, in lowland and premontane rainforests at elevations of 60–1000 m ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ).

Selected specimens: — COLOMBIA. CHOCÓ: Playa de Oro, leste de Tado, Juncosa 2515 (JAUM).— VALLE DEL CAUCA: Buenaventura, San Isidro, Devia 2716 ( US).

Notes:— Ficus crassivenosa was treated as a synonym of F. crassiuscula in Berg & Simonis (2000), Berg & Villavicencio (2004) and Berg (2009); however, the former differs from the latter by its early growth habit (hemi-epiphyte vs. terrestrial), size of the stipule (1.5–4.0 vs. 4.5–6.5 cm), length of the blade (8.0–12 vs. 12–17 cm), peduncle length (4–10 vs. 15–25 mm), basal bracts size (1.0–2.0 vs. 3.0–6.0 mm), size of receptacle (1.2–2.0 vs. 2.7–3.5 cm), and habitat altitude (60–1000 m vs. 1500–2400 m). Burger (1977) maintained Ficus crassivenosa as a distinct taxon citing its early hemi-epiphytic growth form. This is an important feature in Ficus taxonomy which defines sections such as F. sect. Americanae.