Ficus schumacheri
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| Ficus schumacheri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. schumacheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus schumacheri | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Urostigma schumacheri Liebm. | |
Ficus schumacheri is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae.[3] It is a hemiepiphytic shrub or small tree which grows up to 8 meters tall,[1] which is native to northern and west-central Brazil, the Guianas, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[2] It grows in lowland swamp forests, and rarely in terra firme rain forests.[1] The species is monoecious.[3]
The species was first described as Urostigma schumacheri by Frederik Liebmann in 1851. In 1859 August Grisebach placed the species in genus Ficus as F. schumacheri.[2]
