Checklist of Comoro Islands Ficus
(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus)
The Comoro Islands has 9 Ficus species (1 endemic species - F. karthalensis; 6 species shared with Madagascar; and 2 shared with continental Africa: F. lutea and F. sycomorus) (Berg, 1986; Compton 1992).
Genus: FICUS
Subgenus: SYCIDIUM
Section: SYCIDIUM
F. pachyclada pachyclada Baker
F. bojeri Baker
Subgenus: SYCOMORUS
Section: SYCOMORUS
Subsection: Sycomorus
F. sycomorus L.
F. tiliifolia Baker
F. karthalensis C.C. Berg
Subgenus: UROSTIGMA
Section: GALOGLYCHIA
Subsection: GALOGLYCHIA
F. lutea Vahl
Subsection: PLATYPHYLLAE
F. rubra Vahl
Subsection: CHLAMYDODORAE
F. antandronarum bernardii Berg
F. reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg
Web page development and text by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)
Copyright 2004-2008 Iziko Museums of Cape Town