Ficus cordata subsp. cordata [family MORACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Ficus cordata var. tristis Kunth & Bouché Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zürich 51: 137 (1906).
Ficus cordata var. marlothii Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Vien. Nat. Ges. Zürich 51: 137 (1906). Type from Namibia.
Ficus cordata var. fleckii Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Vien. Nat. Ges. Zürich 51: 138 (1906). Type from Namibia.
Ficus rupium Dinter [family MORACEAE], Deutsch. SW.-Afr. Fl. For. Landt. Frag. 54 (1909). Described from Namibia, type not designated.
Ficus welwitschii Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 20:160 (1894). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Cameroun 28: 152 (1985).
Ficus cordata subsp. cordata [family MORACEAE], —C.C. Berg in Kew Bull. 43: 81 (1988); in Kirkia 13: 259 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot.56, 6: 607, fig. 5 (1990).
Ficus tristis Kunth & Bouché [family MORACEAE], in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1846: 19 (1847). Type a cultivated specimen from Berlin Botanical Garden.
Ficus welwitschii var. beröensis Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 999 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Cameroun 28: 152 (1985).
Information
Leafy twigs usually ± densely puberulous to pubescent. Leaf lamina cordiform to ovate or elliptic, (2)4–9 x (1)2–4.5 cm.; apex acuminate to subcaudate; base cordate to truncate or rounded (cuneate); petiole 1–2(6) cm. long; stipules 0.2–1 cm. long, up to 5 cm. long on new flush, usually puberulous to pubescent. Figs usually sessile.
Habitat
Dry semi-desert, associated with dolomite rocks.
Distribution
Botswana N Aha Hills, 19°41?S, 21°04?E, XaiXai to Quangwa Road., 27.iv.1980, P.A. Smith 3462 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa (SW. Cape Province)
Namibia
Angola
Ficus cordata subsp. cordata [family MORACEAE]
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