''Ficus brachypoda'' 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 subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however ...

native to northern

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. It is a

banyan A banyan, also spelled "banian", is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adventitious prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as a ...

of 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 extending in ...

'' which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig (''Ficus carica''). ''Ficus brachypoda'' is likely a

species complex In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

. A new species ''Ficus desertorum'' was

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from the group.

References

External links

* *Wilde, Brendan (2021). "Hiding in plain sight, ''Ficus desertorum'' (Moraceae), a new species of rock fig for Central Australia". ''Telopea''. 24: 283–301. doi:10.7751/telopea14668.

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2200-4025. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5446596 Rosales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland brachypoda Drought-tolerant trees Ornamental trees Garden plants of Australia Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel