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This region
has about 511 species, with the Malesia centre being the hotspot of
species richness (359 species); Asian mainland (67 species); Pacific (67
species); Australia (18 species). The checklist has been
compiled by
Cornelis (Kees) Berg
(Norwegian Arboretum), the world authority on Ficus taxonomy and
classification. Recent nomenclatural and
classificatory updates follow
Berg (2003a,
2003b, 2003c, 2003d, 2003e; 2004a; 2004b),
Dixon 2003 and
Ungricht et al.
2003.
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