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Taxon:  Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent.



Summary
Genus:
Ficus
Section:
Malvanthera
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Ficeae
Nomen number:
16970
Place of publication:
Jard. Malmaison 2: ad t. 114. 1805
Verified:
02/29/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus obliqua G. Forst. var. petiolaris (Benth.) Corner
Ficus platypoda (Miq.) A. Cunn. ex Miq. var. petiolaris Benth.
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Reference(s)
  1. Dixon, D. J. et al. 2001. Figuring out the figs: The Ficus obliqua-Ficus rubiginosa complex (Moraceae: Urostigma sect. Malvanthera). Austral. Syst. Bot. 14:133-154.
  2. Dixon, D. J. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae). Telopea 10:141.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  4. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  7. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Illawarra fig –
larger small-leaf fig –
littleleaf fig –
Port Jackson fig –
rusty fig –
small-leaf fig –
German
Rost-Feige –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
2Cultivated     
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16970. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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