Ficus subg. Pharmacosycea

Pharmacosycea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: Pharmacosycea
Corner
Section

Oreosycea
Pharmacosycea

Pharmacosycea is one of six subgenera currently recognised in the genus Ficus. It was proposed by E. J. H. Corner in 1967 to unite section Pharmacosycea with Oreosycea.

Recent molecular phylogenies has shown that the subgenus is polyphyletic. Section Pharmacosycea is a sister taxa to the rest of the genus Ficus, while section Oreosycea is itself polyphyletic.[1]

Section Pharmacosycea

Section Pharmacosycea is Neotropical. Cornelis Berg recognised two subsections: Bergianae and Petenenses.[2]

Subsection Bergianae includes:

Subsection Petenenses includes:

Section Oreosycea

Section Oreosycea is Palaeotropical.

References

  1. Rønsted, N.; G.D. Weiblen; W.L. Clement; N.J.C. Zerega; V. Savolainen (2008). "Reconstructing the phylogeny of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) to reveal the history of the fig pollination mutualism" (PDF). Symbiosis 45 (1–3): 45–56.
  2. Berg, C. C. (2006). "The Subdivision of Ficus Subgenus Pharmacosycea Section Pharmacosycea (Moraceae)". Blumea 51 (1): 147–51. doi:10.3767/000651906x622409.


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