Ficus lacunata

Taxobox
name = "Ficus lacunata"


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1Cornejo, X., Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/45501/all "Ficus lacunata"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 August 2007.]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Moraceae
genus = "Ficus"
species = "F. lacunata"
binomial = "Ficus lacunata"
binomial_authority = Kvitvik
synonyms =

"Ficus lacunata" is a species of plant in the Moraceae family which is endemic to Ecuador. "F. lacunata" is a free-standing tree which grows up to 25 m (82 ft) tall in wet forests in the Andes.cite journal | quotes = no | last = Kvitvik | first = Trond Arne | year = 1997 | month = | title = Ficus lacunata (Moraceae), a new species from pluvial montane forest of northwest Ecuador | journal = Brittonia | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 270–73 | url = http://www.springerlink.com/content/9u7801056875x7t1/ ]

"Ficus lacunata" is member of the subgenus "Pharmacosycea". Members of this subgenus are free-standing trees. Most members of the other main Neotropical subgenus, "Urostigma" begin life as hemiepiphytes. "F. lacunata" trees grow up to 25 m (82 ft) tall. Its leaves range from roughly oval in shape to more narrow with a leathery texture. They range in length from 15–21 cm (6–8 in) and in width from 7–10.5 cm (3–4 in). The figs are borne singly on a short petiole up to 1.1 cm (0.4 in) long and are 2–2.9 cm (0.8–1.1 in) in diameter. It grows in pluvial montane forest on the western slope of the Andes, 1800 to 2200 m (5900 to 6600 mft) above sea level. It has been classified as a Vulnerable species based on the fact that it is known from only three locations.

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