''Pharmacosycea'' is one of six subgenera currently recognised in the genus ''

Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extendi ...

''. It was proposed by

E. J. H. Corner Edred John Henry Corner FRS (12 January 1906 – 14 September 1996) was an English mycologist and botanist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1929–1946) and Professor of Tropical Botany at the Uni ...

in 1967 to unite section ''Pharmacosycea'' with ''Oreosycea''. Recent molecular

phylogenies A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spec ...

has shown that the subgenus is

polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of conver ...

. Section ''Pharmacosycea'' is a sister taxa to the rest of the genus ''Ficus'', while section ''Oreosycea'' is itself polyphyletic.

Section ''Oreosycea''

Section ''Oreosycea'' is

Palaeotropical The Paleotropical Kingdom (Paleotropis) is a floristic kingdom comprising tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), as proposed by Ronald Good and Armen Takhtajan. Part of its flora, inherited from the ancient ...

in distribution.Berg CC, Corner EJH (2005) ''Moraceae - Ficus. Flora Malesiana'' Series I (Seed Plants) Volume 17/Part 2. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden. ;Subsection Glandulosae includes (not complete): * '' Ficus asperula'' Bureau * '' Ficus auriculigera'' Bureau * '' Ficus austrocaledonica'' Bureau * '' Ficus barraui'' Guillaumin * '' Ficus bubulia'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus carinata'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus cataractorum'' Bureau * '' Ficus crescentioides'' Bureau * '' Ficus dzumacensis'' Guillaumin * '' Ficus edelfeltii'' King * '' Ficus mutabilis'' Bureau * ''

Ficus nervosa ''Ficus nervosa'' is a tree in the family Moraceae The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtr ...

'' Heyne ex Roth ;Subsection Pedunculatae includes: * '' Ficus albipila'' (Miquel) King - Abbey tree * '' Ficus bataanensis'' Merrill * ''

Ficus callosa ''Ficus callosa'' is an Asian species of fig tree in the family Moraceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and ...

'' Willdenow * '' Ficus capillipes'' Gagnepain * '' Ficus vasculosa'' Miquel

Section ''Pharmacosycea''

Section ''Pharmacosycea'' is

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

. Cornelis Berg recognised two subsections: Bergianae and Petenenses. ;Subsection Bergianae includes: * ''

Ficus adhatodifolia ''Ficus adhatodifolia'' is a species of plant of the Moraceae The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropica ...

'' Schott * '' Ficus carchiana'' C.C. Berg * ''

Ficus crassiuscula ''Ficus crassiuscula'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) and north-western parts of South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) ...

'' Standl. * '' Ficus gigantosyce'' Dugand * ''

Ficus insipida ''Ficus insipida'' is a common tropical tree in the fig genus of the family Moraceae growing in forest habitats along rivers. It ranges from Mexico to northern South America. Taxonomy The tree was described in 1806 under the scientific name ' ...

'' Willd. (subsp. ''insipida'' and subsp. ''scabra'' C.C. Berg) * '' Ficus lapathifolia'' (Liebm.) Miq. * '' Ficus mutisii'' Dugand, * '' Ficus oapana'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus obtusiuscula'' (Miq.) Miq. * '' Ficus piresiana'' Vázq.Avila & C.C. Berg * '' Ficus rieberiana'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus yoponensis'' Desv. ;Subsection Petenenses includes: * '' Ficus apollinaris'' Dugand (= F. petenensis Lundell) * '' Ficus ecuadorensis'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus guajavoides'' Lundell, * '' Ficus lacunata'' Kvitvik * '' Ficus loxensis'' C.C. Berg * '' Ficus macbridei'' Standl., * ''

Ficus maxima ''Ficus maxima'' is a ficus, fig tree which is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America south to Paraguay. Figs belong to the family Moraceae. The specific epithet ''maxima'' was coined by Scottish botanist Philip Miller ...

'' Mill. * '' Ficus maximoides'' C.C. Berg * ''

Ficus pulchella ''Ficus pulchella'' is a species of tree in the family Moraceae. It is native to South America. Conservation It is considered a vulnerable species by the IUCN, as it is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat lo ...

'' Schott * '' Ficus tonduzii'' Standl.

References

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