GENUS CODE: FICUS GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Ficus GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Fig GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 750 species, trees, shrubs, and vines, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Wunderlin in FNA (1997); Endress & Bittrich in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: MORACE FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Moraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1847 FAMILY COMMON: Mulberry Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 38 genera and 1100 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and (few) warm temperate areas. FAMILY REFERENCE: Wunderlin in FNA (1997); Rohwer & Berg in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ficus carica
COMMON NAME: Edible Fig, Garden Fig
SYNONYMY: [= F, FNA, K1, K3, RAB, S, WH3]
PHENOLOGY: May-Aug; Jul-Oct.
HABITAT: Grown for its fruits, persistent from plantings, persisting and naturalizing particularly on barrier islands, where it sometimes forms thickets on dunes, or otherwise in the outer Coastal Plain, where proximity to the ocean ameliorates cold winter temperatures; native of w. Asia.
COMMENTS: This is the common cultivated fig, grown for its fruit in the Mid-east for millenia.
RANGE MAP: Ficus carica.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Moraceae Lindley 1847 (Mulberry Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 38 genera and 1100 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and (few) warm temperate areas. REFERENCE: Wunderlin in FNA (1997); Rohwer & Berg in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Ficus L. (Fig) SUMMARY: A genus of about 750 species, trees, shrubs, and vines, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas. REFERENCE: Wunderlin in FNA (1997); Endress & Bittrich in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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