A new species of Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea, endemic to the municipality of Barbacoa, Nariño, Colombia is here described and illustrated as Ficus dewolfii Pederneiras & Romaniuc. It is characterized by a caudate leaf apex and lateral veins diverging from the midrib almost at a right angle, and shows similarities with F. rieberiana, F. apollinaris, and F. mutisii.
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1 September 2012
Ficus dewolfii (Moraceae), a New Species from Colombia
Leandro Cardoso Pederneiras,
Sergio Romaniuc Neto
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 37 • No. 3
July 2012
Vol. 37 • No. 3
July 2012
Bergianae
conservation
Nariño
Neotropical flora
Pharmacosycea
taxonomy