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FICUS SPECIES IN THE SANGHA TRINATIONAL, CENTRAL AFRICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2018

S. T. Ndolo Ebika ,
D. Morgan ,
C. Sanz  and
D. J. Harris
S. T. Ndolo Ebika
Affiliation:
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marien Ngouabi University, BP 69, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. E-mail: ndoloicpc@gmail.com Initiative for Mushrooms and Plants of Congo, BP 2300, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
D. Morgan
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society (Congo Program), BP 14537, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. E-mail: dmorgan@lpzoo.org
C. Sanz
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society (Congo Program), BP 14537, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA. E-mail: csanz@wustl.edu
D. J. Harris*
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.
*
Author for correspondence. E-mail: dharris@rbge.org.uk
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Abstract

Twenty-seven species and two subspecies of Ficus are reported from one study site in central Africa. Characters for identification are explained. An identification key, illustrations, descriptions and habitats are provided. The species-level diversity of Ficus in tropical forests is discussed.

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , November 2018 , pp. 377 - 420
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2018) 

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