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Issue: Vol. 734 No. 2: 19 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.4
Page range: 191-206
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Typification of Ficus L. (Moraceae) names published by the Colombian botanist Armando Dugand, and a new record for Colombian Flora

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, R. Pacheco Leão 2040, 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
Herbario J.J. Triana (HJJT), Grupo de Investigación Biota y Sociedad, Fundación Trópico Alto, Cl 25 68B-27 Int 2 AP 504, Bogotá, D.C. 110931, Colombia; Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 # 45-03. Bogotá, D. C., Colombia
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 430 Lincoln Dr., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
Diretoria de Pesquisa, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, R. Pacheco Leão 915, 22460-040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Ciência da Sociedade e Desenvolvimento Regional, Rua José do Patrocínio, 71 – Centro, Campos dos Goytacazes – RJ, 28010-385, Brazil
Amazon Colombian Flora Neotropics nomenclature Rosales Eudicots

Abstract

Ficus (Moraceae) comprises approximately 140 accepted species and around 750 binomials in Tropical America. In Colombia, at least 69 species have been recorded. Taxonomic studies of Ficus in the country were carried out by Armando Dugand between 1942 and 1955, in which he described 81 new taxa, including two from Ecuador. However, many of the taxa he described lack clear typification. In the present study, we reviewed typification of all Ficus names published by Dugand. Then, we designated lectotypes for the following nine names: Ficus caldasiana, F. calimana, F. cuatrecasasiana, F. duquei var. obtusiloba, F. garcia-barrigae, F. garcia-barrigae var. ovoidea, F. jaramilloi, F. peroblonga, and F. ocoana. Additionally, we designated epitypes for F. magdalenica and F. ypsilophlebia. We also identified F. atrox, F. guayaquilensis and F. vallis-caucae as names that should be excluded from the genus, clarifying the nomenclatural framework. Furthermore, under Special notes on F. cartagenensis and F. schultesii, we address two nomenclatural cases involving misapplied and mislabelled type material to prevent future regarding their correct typification and application. Finally, we present the first record of F. nigrotuberculata Pelissari & Romaniuc for the Colombian Flora, collected in the department of Vaupés. This species was previously known only from the Amazonian biome in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

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How to Cite

Plata-Castro, Ángelo D., Díaz-Rueda, D.M., Mitidieri-Rivera, N., Mansano, V.D.F. & Pederneiras, L.C. (2025) Typification of Ficus L. (Moraceae) names published by the Colombian botanist Armando Dugand, and a new record for Colombian Flora. Phytotaxa 734 (2): 191–206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.4