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Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Urticales Family: Moraceae Genus: Ficus Subgenus: Urostigma Species: F. macrophylla
Binomial name
Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers.

The Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla, is a large evergreen tree. Named after Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, it is a native of most of the eastern coast, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1697 KB) Summary A Moreton Bay Fig, planted in 1850, near the Art Gallery of New South Wales, photographed by DONeil. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... The Urticales are an order of dicotyledons in the Cronquist system of classification for flowering plants, including the following families: Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Cecropiaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Physenaceae Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) These range from small herbaceous plants to large trees, blooming from the late spring to... Genera Antiaris Artocarpus - Breadfruit, Jackfruit Brosimum Broussonetia - Paper Mulberry Castilloa Cecropia Chlorophora Dorstenia Ficus - Fig, Banyan Maclura - Osage-orange Morus - Mulberry Musanga Pseudolmedia Streblus Treculia The flowering plant family Moraceae (Mulberry family) comprises some 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common... Species About 800, including: Ficus altissima Ficus americana Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis - Indian Banyan Ficus benjamina - Weeping Fig Ficus broadwayi Ficus carica - Common Fig Ficus citrifolia Ficus drupacea Ficus elastica Ficus godeffroyi Ficus grenadensis Ficus hartii Ficus lyrata Ficus macbrideii Ficus microcarpa - Chinese Banyan Ficus nota Ficus obtusifolia Ficus palmata... This article is about the tree. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... René Louiche Desfontaines (February 14, 1750 – November 16, 1833) was a French botanist. ... Christian Hendrik Persoon (February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus mushroom taxonomy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 600 KB) Oggetto Ficus macrophylla (sin. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 600 KB) Oggetto Ficus macrophylla (sin. ... Moreton Bay from space, from a NASA photograph Moreton Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of Australia 19km from Brisbane, Queensland. ... Emblems: ? (please edit) Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Atherton Tableland is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. ... The Illawarra is the name given to a coastal region of New South Wales immediately south of Sydney. ... Emblems: ? (please edit) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ...

The Moreton Bay Fig grows to over 60 m (200 ft) tall in its native environment. It has large, elliptic, leathery, dark green leaves and produces a [barely] edible fruit similar to the common Fig, Ficus carica. Species About 800, including: Ficus altissima Ficus americana Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis- Indian Banyan Ficus benjamina- Weeping Fig Ficus broadwayi Ficus carica- Common Fig Ficus citrifolia Ficus coronata Ficus drupacea Ficus elastica Ficus godeffroyi Ficus grenadensis Ficus hartii Ficus lyrata Ficus macbrideii Ficus macrophylla- Moreton Bay Fig Ficus microcarpa- Chinese...

The characteristic "melting" appearance of the Moreton Bay fig is due to its habit of dropping aerial roots from its branches which on reaching the ground thicken into supplementary trunks which help to support the great weight of its crown.

It is a rainforest plant and in its environment more often grows in the form of a strangler vine than that of a tree. When its seeds land in the branch of a host tree it sends strangler roots down the host trunk, eventually killing the host and standing alone.

Its roots are surface feeding and it is therefore quite susceptible to the compacting of earth around its trunk, which is why in many parks and gardens these trees are fenced off. It is water hungry and like many Australian trees should not be planted in urban environments where its roots may damage piping, nor in areas where water is scarce.

Moreton Bay Fig in a park of Palermo

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1028, 624 KB) Description Villa Garibaldi, Palermo Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla), one of the largest of these trees in Italy Source Photographer Bernhard J. Scheuvens aka Bjs Date August 2004 Permission photographed by myself Camera Canon EOS 300V with Canon... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1028, 624 KB) Description Villa Garibaldi, Palermo Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla), one of the largest of these trees in Italy Source Photographer Bernhard J. Scheuvens aka Bjs Date August 2004 Permission photographed by myself Camera Canon EOS 300V with Canon... Nickname: Palermu Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

References

Ficus macrophylla
Orto botanico di Palermo

• George, A. S. Flora of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, 1980. ISBN 0643057021

• Starr F, Starr K, and Loope L. Ficus macrophylla - Moreton bay fig - Moraceae United States Geological Survey--Biological Resources Division Haleakala Field Station, Maui, Hawai'i

• Jousselin E., Rasplus J. and Kjellberg F. Convergence and coevolution in a mutualism: evidence from a molecular phylogeny of Ficus. Evolution, 57(6), 2003, pp. 1255–1269

• Dixon, D. J. 2001. Figs, wasps and species concepts: a re-evaluation of the infraspecific taxa of Ficus macrophylla (Moraceae: Urostigma sect. Malvanthera). Austral. Syst. Bot. 14:125–132.

• Gardner R.O., Early J.W. The naturalisation of banyan figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) in New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1996, Vol. 34: 103-110

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 1189 KB) Oggetto Ficus macrophylla (sin. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 1189 KB) Oggetto Ficus macrophylla (sin. ... The Orto botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is an institution of the Botanique Department of the University of Palermo. ...

External links

• The Santa Barbara Fig Tree

• Ficus macrophylla - Gallery {{PD}}
• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): Ficus macrophylla
• National Tropical Botanical Garden: Ficus macrophylla
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See also

• Port Jackson Fig