Taxonomic synopsis of the Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea (Moraceae) from Colombia Author Pederneiras, Leandro Cardoso Author Mansano, Vidal De Freitas Author Romaniuc-Neto, Sergio Instituto de Botânica, Herbário SP, Caixa Postal 4005, São Paulo-SP, 01061 - 970, Brazil. text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-07-11 313 1 1 22 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.1 1179-3163 13700295 15. Ficus rieberiana C. C. Berg , in Berg & Rosselli (1996: 234) . Type :— ECUADOR . Carchi : Reserva Awa , 16–30 November 1990 , Rubio et al. 1068 ( holotype : QCNE ; isotype : BG !) . Terrestrial trees, 3–25 m tall. Leaf blade 15–21 cm long, 5.5–7.0 cm wide, elliptic, narrowly elliptic, rarely obovate, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate, adaxial face glabrous, abaxial face hispid; secondary veins 20–26 pairs; petiole 1.5–2.0 cm long, hispid, periderm flaking off; stipules caducous, 1.3–2.0 cm, hispid. Syconia solitary; peduncle 3.0–5.0 mm long, hispid; lateral bracts absent; receptacle 0.9–1.1 cm in diam. when dry, hispid, apex rounded ( Fig. 7C, D ). Distribution and habitat in Colombia : — Boyaca , Chocó, and Valle del Cauca , in premontane to montane rainforests between 250–1000 m elevation ( Fig. 8 ). FIGURE 8. Distribution of Ficus rieberiana , F. santanderana , F. segoviae , F. tonduzii , F. torresiana , F. ulei and F. yoponensis in Colombia based on herbarium specimens. Specimens Selected: — COLOMBIA . BOYACA : Santa Maria , carretera Santa Maria - San Luis de Gaceno , Betancur 7718 ( COL ) .— CHOCÓ : Río Yuto entre Lloro y la Vuelta , Gentry 24343 ( BG ) .— VALLE DEL CAUCA : Alto Yunda , Hilty 27 ( US ) ; Buenaventura , San Cipriano , Reserva Natural de Escalerete , Devia 4119 ( COL ) .