Ficus coronata (creek sandpaper fig)
Ficus coronata Spin (1818) .
Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "
Habitat and Distribution:
In warmer areas, especially along creeks, on the coast and tablelands in subtropical rain forest, littoral rain forest, dry rain forest and gallery rain forest;
north from Mallacoota (East Gippsland), Vic., to Mount Abbot (near Bowen), in N Qld, also recorded from islands near Cooktown.
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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 coronata Spin (1818): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/90680/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .
• 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 coronata
Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/
Computer (desktops and laptops) software:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .
• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
Ficus coronata Spin: → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/21b2b2a5-caef-4c0c-b58a-23d4b77e4ddb
VicFlora: Royal Botanic Gardens Vic. : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .
• 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 coronata Spin. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Ficus_coronata.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .
• Field, Ashley R, Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Ficus coronata Spin – "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 .
• Flora of NSW online PlantNET:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Ficus coronata Spin: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~coronata
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .
• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June)
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (322–) 323 (–329).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .
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Regional distribution
Ficus coronata is listed in the following regions: