Ficus pantoniana (climbing fig)


Ficus pantoniana King (1887) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 400 m.
Grows in lowland and upland rain forest.
Also occurs in 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 pantoniana King (1887): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/92102/api/apni-format .
Ficus pantoniana ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Ficus+pantoniana&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2025 October 3rd . 

 

• 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 pantoniana King fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Ficus_pantoniana.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 October 3rd .

 

• Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Ficus pantoniana King – "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 .  

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (322–) 326 (–329) as synonym: Ficus pantoniana King var. pantoniana (1960) . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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