''Ficus rubra'' (aka ''red affouche''
[Jared Bernard ''et al.'']
New Species Assemblages Disrupt Obligatory Mutualisms Between Figs and Their Pollinators
In: Front. Ecol. Evol., 19 November 2020. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.564653. See also:
* Jared Bernard
Figs show that nonnative species can invade ecosystems by forming unexpected partnerships
On: The Conversation. 19 January 2021. Also o
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/ref> or ''affouche rouge'') is a species of flowering plant in the family of Moraceae, native to some islands in the Indian Ocean.
It is found in Madagascar, Comoros
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, Réunion
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, Mauritius and Seychelles. It also has been introduced to Kauai
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island ( Hawaiʻi).
On: Figweb.org
On Kauai island,
Port Jackson fig wasps (''Pleistodontes imperialis'') are able to do the job as substitute pollinators.
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Taxa named by Martin Vahl
Plants described in 1805
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