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Ficus L.

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Ficus L., Sp. Pl. 1059 (1753)
Ficus L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
1753
1059
ICN
Ficus L.
genus
Ficus

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Ficus

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Ficus L.

Monoecious, rarely dioecious, trees, shrubs or creepers, not armed, sometimes epiphytic. Lvs usually alternate, rarely opposite, entire or lobed; venation pinnate or palmate. Stipules caducous, leaving an amplexicaul scar. Infl. fleshy, globose to obovoid or turbinate, with an ostiole at the apex and enclosing usually very numerous, small ♂ and ♀ fls; sterile gall fls used as oviposition sites also often present. ♀ fls stalked or sessile. Calyx of ♂ fls 2-6-lobed or partite, rarely reduced to 1 scale; stamens 1-2-(6), erect in bud. Calyx of ♀ fls often with fewer, narrower divisions than in ♂, or minute or 0; ovules pendulous. Achenes enclosed in the enlarged receptacle; endosperm often scanty.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Ficus pumila recorded

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Ficus L.
Australia
Queensland
Ficus L.
Chile
Ficus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Ficus L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 February 2014
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