Taxonomic synopsis of the Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea (Moraceae) from Colombia
Author
Pederneiras, Leandro Cardoso
Author
Mansano, Vidal De Freitas
Author
Romaniuc-Neto, Sergio
Instituto de Botânica, Herbário SP, Caixa Postal 4005, São Paulo-SP, 01061 - 970, Brazil.
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Phytotaxa
2017
2017-07-11
313
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.1
1179-3163
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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
).
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
).
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.