Ficus goiana C.C.Berg, Carauta & A.F.P.Machado, 2013

Berg, Cornelis C., Carauta, J. Pedro P. & Machado, Anderson F. P., 2013, Ficus goiana, a replacement name for a Brazilian species of fig (Moraceae), Phytotaxa 108 (1), pp. 54-56 : 54

Ficus goiana C.C.Berg, Carauta & A.F.P.Machado , nom. nov. ( Fig. 1 )

Replaced name: Ficus rupicola Berg & Carauta (2002: 249 , fig. 8: 248), nom. illeg. (non Lebrun & Toussaint 1948: 43)

Type: — BRAZIL. Goiás: Mun. São Domingos, rd. Guaraní de Goiás-Terra Ronca , November 1996, B.A.S. Pereira & D. Alvarenga 3291 (holotype IBGE!; isotypes BG!, HB!, SI) .

This species of deciduous trees is distinct in its small, usually (sub)ovate leaf blades (2–5 × 1.5–2.2 cm) with a relatively long and slender petiole (1–3.5 cm). It probably belongs to the Ficus cestrifolia group, a group of small-leaved species found in extra-Amazonian Brazil ( Berg & Villavicencio 2004), comprising, in addition Ficus cestrifolia Schott ex Sprengel (1827: 409) , F. bahiensis Berg & Carauta (2002: 238) , F. carautana Neves & Mello-Filho (1992: 37) , F. hatschbachii Berg & Carauta (2002: 243) , F. hirsuta Schott in Sprengel (1827: 410), F. lagoensis Berg & Carauta (2002: 243) , and F. laureola Warb. ex Berg & Carauta (2002: 246) . This species has also been treated in a study on extra-Amazonian Brazilian Ficus species by Berg & Villavicencio (2004).

The original publication of F. rupicola place this species as related to Ficus citrifolia Miller (1768: 10) . However, this species cannot be placed in the F. cestrifolia group. The species of this complex have smaller leaves and inflorescences and a distinctive geographical distributional pattern restricted to the Atlantic Rainforest at the east coast of Brazil.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Isotype of Ficus goiana (Pereira & Alvarenga 3291) as Ficus rupicola C.C.Berg & Carauta.