Ficus pumila

Creeping fig
F. pumila foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: F. subg. Synoecia
Species:
F. pumila
Binomial name
Ficus pumila
L. 1753 not Thunb. 1786
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Ficus hanceana Maxim.
  • Ficus longipedicellata H.Perrier
  • Ficus pumila var. lutchuensis Koidz.
  • Ficus repens var. lutchuensis Koidz.
  • Ficus scandens Lam.
  • Ficus stipulata Thunb. 1786
  • Ficus stipulata Lem. 1843
  • Ficus vestita Desf.
  • Plagiostigma pumila Zucc.
  • Plagiostigma stipulata Zucc.
  • Tenorea heterophylla Gasp.
  • Urostigma scandens (Lam.) Liebm.
  • Varinga repens Raf.

Ficus pumila, commonly known as the creeping fig or climbing fig, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, native to East Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam)[2] and naturalized in parts of the southeastern and south-central United States.[3][4] It is also found in cultivation as a houseplant. The Latin specific epithet pumila means "dwarf",[5] and refers to the very small leaves of the plant.

  1. ^ The Plant List, Ficus pumila L.
  2. ^ Flora of China, Ficus pumila Linnaeus, 1753. 薜荔 bi li
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Ficus pumila Linnaeus, 1753. Climbing fig
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (1934). Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (in French). Paris: Librairie Hachette. p. 1278. Retrieved 23 October 2016.