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The name Ficus changii Doweld nom. nov. is proposed here as a replacement name for the extant Ficus ovatifolia S. S. Chang (1984), a later homonym of the fossil name Ficus ovatifolia E. W. Berry (1909). The name Ficus fengkaiensis Doweld nom. nov. is published for the illegitimate name Ficus undulata S. S. Chang (1984), a later homonym of Ficus undulata Buch.-Ham. (Buchanan-Hamilton 1827). The name Ficus obtusatoides Doweld nom. nov. is proposed here as a replacement name for the fossil Ficus obtusata Heer (1856), a later homonym of the extant name Ficus obtusata Link (1822). The name Ficus tethyca Doweld nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for the fossil Ficus lucida M. Chandler (1962), a later homonym of the extant name Ficus lucida Dryand. (Dryander in Aiton 1789).
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Doweld, A.B. Ficus changii, Ficus fengkaiensis, Ficus obtusatoides and Ficus tethyca (Moraceae), new replacement names. Kew Bull 71, 29 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9641-x
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