Figs, wasps and species concepts: a re-evaluation of the infraspecific taxa of Ficus macrophylla (Moraceae: Urostigma sect. Malvanthera)
Dale J. Dixon
Australian Systematic Botany 14(1) 125 - 132
Abstract
Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. is redescribed with two
forms, F. macrophylla f.
macrophylla and F. macrophylla f.
columnaris (C.Moore) D.J.Dixon. Morphological data as
well as reproductive data was used to assess the criteria for infraspecific
concepts of the taxa associated with F. macrophylla.
Knowledge of the pollinator wasp associated with each population of
F. macrophylla has permitted a much finer resolution of
the relationships between taxa. The pollinator wasp of both forms of
F. macrophylla is
Pleistodontes froggatti Mayr. A key to the forms, notes,
distribution maps and conservation status is provided.
Full text doi:10.1071/SB99026
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