Ficus americana
Aubl. · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Ficus americana's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 812 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ficus americana est une espèce d'arbres tropicaux de la famille des Moraceae, originaire d'Amérique centrale et du Sud. En Français, on le désigne sous les noms de Figuier à petites feuilles [Figyé ti fèy], Aralie petite cerise [Arali ti siriz] (Martinique), Figuier canelle (Haiti). En Espagnol, on l'appelle Higo prieto, Higuillo, Higuillo prieto, Jagüey, Jagüey colorado, Jagüey prieto, Jagüeycillo (Cuba), Matapalo. En Anglais, on le nomme Central American banyan, Jamaica fig, Jamaica cherry fig, Fig, Fine tea fig, Red fidjié, Small fig (Belize), Small leaf fig (Bahamas), West Indian laurel fig, White fig.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction20
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment26
Physiology & chemistry14
Uses & economy12
Other traits6
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ficus americana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Record type4 812 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions35 of 87 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Jardín Botanico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis (JBB)location not on record | 450 |
| Saint Louis, US | 194 |
| Durango, MX | 83 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 68 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 62 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 40 |
| Mexico City, MX | 39 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 28 |
| Loja, EC | 22 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 22 |
| Bronx, US | 20 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 18 |
| Chicago, US | 13 |
| MAlocation not on record | 11 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 10 |
| Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record | 10 |
| San José, CR | 9 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 8 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 6 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 6 |
| La Paz, BO | 6 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 6 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 5 |
| Tapachula, MX | 5 |
| San Isidro, AR | 5 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 4 |
| GeoPark Colombia S.A.S (GeoPark)location not on record | 4 |
| Quito, EC | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| Bergen, NO | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| WCSlocation not on record | 3 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 2 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 2 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 2 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 2 |
| Llocation not on record | 2 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| COLlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cusco, PE | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Sucre, BO | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corrientes, AR | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| DEAL Martiniquelocation not on record | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Herbariolocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Ficus americana was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.