Ficus L. subg. Ficus sect. Eriosycea Miq. Corner subsect. Auratae (Corner) C.C. Berg

Primary tabs

Ficus L. subg. Ficus sect. Eriosycea Miq. Corner subsect. Auratae (Corner) C.C. Berg

Description

Trees, treelets, or shrubs. Hairs at the base of the ovaries and stamens mostly absent. Leaves sometimes palmately lobed to fid when juvenile.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
This subsection comprises 13 species, most of them are confined to Borneo, only F. aurata extends to Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, and Indochina. The subsection is quite homogeneous.

Taxonomy

Ficus diamantiphylla Corner differs from the other species in its red-coloured tepals.

Citation

Corner 1970 – In: Philos. Trans. p 354