Ficus amazonica
| Ficus amazonica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
| Species: | F. amazonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus amazonica | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ficus amazonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is a tree native to northern and west-central Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[2] It is a tree which grows up to 18 meters tall which can behave like a strangler fig. It is native to the lowland tropical rain forests of the Amazon biome and Trinidad and Tobago, where it grows in riverine forests and terra firma forests on rocky outcrops up to 700 meters elevation.[1]
The species was first described as Urostigma amazonicum by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1847. In 1866 Édouard André placed it in genus Ficus as F. amazonica.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Echevarría, G. (2024). "Ficus amazonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Spanish). 2024 e.T34464A204720650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T34464A204720650.es. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ficus amazonica (Miq.) André". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ficus
- Flora of North Brazil
- Flora of West-Central Brazil
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Least concern flora of South America
- Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
- Taxa named by Édouard André
- Moraceae stubs