Ficus benghalensis L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 516-528 : 519

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Ficus indica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1060. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 7722.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1240.8? (LINN); [icon] in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 18, t. 18. 1747; [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 3: 73, t. 57. 1682; [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 3: 85, t. 63. 1682; [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 140, t. 223. 1725; [icon] in Tabernaemontanus, New Vollk. Kräuterb.: 1370. 1664; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 178, f. 4. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 144. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 96: 34 ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Ficus benghalensis L. ( Moraceae ).

Note: See discussion by Corner (in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 17: 382. 1960), who treated this as a synonym of F. benghalensis L. , though without typifying either name.