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Ficus americana Aubl. americana (Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 952. 1775.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, Monserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], Bahamas (native), North America (exotic (Mexico)), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Aralie-petite cerise (L. Antilles), Figuier (L. Antilles), Figuier canelle (Haiti), Figuier petites feuilles (L. Antilles), Higuillo (Dominican Republic), Multiplicant (L. Antilles), White fig (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Ficus arbutifolia Link (Enum. Pl. Berol. 2: 450. 1822.), Ficus fadyenii Miq. (Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 3: 219. 1867.), Ficus jacquiniifolia A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 221. 1850.), Ficus omphalophora Warb. (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 466. 1903.), Ficus pallida sensu Griseb., non Vahl (Fl. Brit. W. I. 151. 1859.), Ficus pedunculata sensu Griseb., non Aiton (Fl. Brit. W. I. 151. 1859.), Ficus perforata L. (Pl. Surin. 17. 1775.), Ficus pertusa sensu Griseb., non L. f. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 152. 1859.), Ficus sintenisii Warb. (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 464. 1903.), Urostigma pertusum Miq. (London J. Bot. 6: 548. 1847.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Berg, C.C. 2007. Proposals for treating four species complexes in Ficus subgenus Urostigma section Americanae (Moraceae). Blumea 52: 295-312. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 10). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 11). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 12). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 19 Dec 11 |