Abstract

Abstract—This work presents the new taxonFicusseriesDugandiicharacterized by the syconium ostiolar margin with wall curved to the outer side of the syconium, forming a short apical tube, irregularly rounded to triangular. For this study, field trips were carried out and collections of herbarium specimens, types, and protologues were analyzed. The series has 15 species with 50 synonyms proposed here, distributed from Mexico and the Antilles to southeastern Brazil. Names likeF. llanensis,F. llewelynii,andF. mitrophora, previously synonymous, are considered correct species names. Lectotypes have been designated forF. acarouaniensis,F. clethrifolia,F. glycicarpa,F. holosericea,F. velutina,Urostigma euomphalum, andU. maximilianum; a neotype forF. frigida; and epitypes forF. holosericeaandF. trigonata.

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