Ficus adenosperma (riverine fig)

Ficus adenosperma Miq. (1868) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in NT, Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld, central eastern Qld. and southwards as far as coastal central Queensland.
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 450 m.
Normally grows as a rheophyte on creeks flowing through well developed rain forests in NEQ but grows on river banks in more open situations in NT.
Also occurs in Malesia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

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Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

Mostly along watercourses in subtropical rain forest and gallery rain forest;
north from Rosedale (NW of Bundaberg), Qld to Cape Tribulation, N Qld,
also New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Malesia.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025): 

Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Ficus adenosperma Miq. (1868): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/74991/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2025 September 30th . 

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Ficus adenosperma 

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Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
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Viewed: 2025 September 30th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Ficus adenosperma Miq. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Ficus_adenosperma.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 30th . 

• Field Ashley R, Qld Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Ficus adenosperma Miq. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online . 
Ficus adenosperma Miq. fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=3636
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2025 September 30th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 322 (–329).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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