Ficus Dammaropsis and the multibracteate species of ficus sect. sycocarpus
- 13 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 281 (982) , 373-406
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1978.0003
Abstract
The syconium of F. dammaropsis (New Guinea) is presented as the the primitive state of this structure in the advanced sect. Sycocarpus. The rare F. griffithii (Burma, Thailand) may be related to F. dammaropsis or to F. auriculata (sect. Neomorphe ). Subser. Praestantes , Fulvidulae , Geocarpicae , and Axillares are considered in their alliance with F. dammaropsis. Entomological evidence largely supports the botanical. Geocarpy is shown to be a consequence of leptocaul cauliflory. Subsect. Macrostyla provides a theory of the protoblastophagous syconium with emergent female styles.Keywords
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