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University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses

Ficus cf. aurea Nutt.

  • Common Name: Florida Strangler Fig
  • Family: Moraceae Link

  • Country of Origin: Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama
  • Habitat: initially epiphytic, eventually a terrestrial strangler

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000038
  • Source: Charles Alford
  • Provenance: Vero Beach, Florida, USA. Seedling growing between leaf bases of palmetto tree.
  • Accession Date: 04-13-2010
  • Bench: 4101 - EPI:Epiphyte Tree
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-18-2012

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Moraceae
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References:

  1. Wikipedia - visited 13 April 2010
  2. Stranglers & Banyans at Wayne's World - visited 13 April 2010

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