Ficus L. subg. Sycomorus (Gasp.) Miq. sect. Sycocarpus Miq. subsect. Macrostyla Corner

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Ficus L. subg. Sycomorus (Gasp.) Miq. sect. Sycocarpus Miq. subsect. Macrostyla Corner

Description

Shrubs, obligatory rheophytes with rooting stolon-like stems and ascending or erect leafy branches, with the lower internodes long and the upper ones short; internal hairs absent or present and short and sparse. Leaves spirally arranged or (sub)opposite; stamen 1. ovary of the short-styled flower glabrous or unilaterally minutely hairy, the style short and glabrous. ovary and fruit laterally with deflexed hairs; Fruits lenticular, slightly keeled, smooth, brownish.

Distribution

Sino-Himalayan region present, northern Borneo present
Two species, F. macrophylla in northern Borneo and F. squamosa in the Sino-Himalayan region.

Morphology

The peculiar features of the long-styled flowers subsection can be regarded as adaptations to anchor the diaspores to the substrate.

Citation

Corner 1978 – In: Philos. Trans.: 400