Typification of the name of the Afrotropical sycomore figFicus sycomorus(Moraceae), and nomenclatural remarks on its synonyms

Abstract

The typification of the name of the Linnaean sycomore fig Ficus sycomorus subsp. sycomorus (Moraceae) is discussed. The name is lectotypified using an original illustration from Mattioli’s De plantis epitome utilissima, and an epitype is also selected. The types of the name F. sycomorus subsp. gnaphalocarpa and several synonyms are nomenclaturally revised.