A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae)

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae). Telopea 10(1): 125–153. A revision of the Australian Urostigma sect. Malvanthera Corner (Ficus: Moraceae) is presented. Seventeen taxa in fourteen species are recognised. These are: Ficus atricha D.J.Dixon, F. brachypoda (Miq.) Miq., F. cerasicarpa D.J.Dixon, F. crassipes F.M.Bailey, F. destruens F.Muell. ex C.T.White, F. lilliputiana D.J.Dixon f. lilliputiana, F. lilliputiana f. pilosa D.J.Dixon, F. macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. f. macrophylla, F. macrophylla f. columnaris (C. Moore) D.J.Dixon, F. obliqua G.Forst., F. platypoda (Miq.) A.Cunn. ex Miq., F. pleurocarpa F.Muell., F. rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent. f. rubiginosa, F. rubiginosa f. glabrescens (F.M.Bailey) D.J.Dixon, F. subpuberula Corner, F. triradiata Corner, and F. watkinsiana F.M.Bailey. F. watkinsiana F.M. Bailey is lectotypified. Malvanthera subser. Hesperidiiformes is raised to the rank of series. The taxonomy of Urostigma sect. Malvanthera is strongly supported by the pollinator wasp association. Pollinator wasp associations are given for each species. A formal rearrangement of the Australian and the New Guinea species in Urostigma sect. Malvanthera is presented. Keys to the series and species now recognised in Urostigma sect. Malvanthera are provided. Descriptions, notes, and distribution maps are provided for the Australian species.