TY - JOUR AU - Sakhraoui, Nora AU - Verloove, Filip AU - Hadef, Azzedine PY - 2022/06/09 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - First record of Ficus microcarpa L. f. (Moraceae) in Algeria JF - Hacquetia JA - Hacquetia VL - 21 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/10388 SP - 347–354 AB - <h1><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 493.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.951862);">The escape from cultivation of </span><em><span style="left: 523.832px; top: 493.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.902891);">Ficus microcarpa</span></em><span style="left: 617.522px; top: 493.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.959236);"> (Moraceae, Magnoliopsida) in </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 511.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.939762);">Algeria is here reported. Several localities where the species reproduces from </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 529.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.950346);">seeds have been discovered recently in northeastern Algeria. A map of its current </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 547.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.958317);">distribution in the study area is provided. The species colonizes mainly urban </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 565.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.962017);">habitats (walls, balconies and sidewalks) but its propagation in the natural </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 583.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.957222);">environment is being facilitated by birds that disseminate the seeds over long </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 601.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.946056);">distances. </span><em><span style="left: 404.042px; top: 601.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.902891);">Ficus microcarpa</span></em><span style="left: 497.732px; top: 601.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.960429);"> can be considered as in the process of naturalization in </span><span style="left: 344.882px; top: 619.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.94866);">Algeria. An updated key to species of the genus </span><em><span style="left: 620.942px; top: 619.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.874615);">Ficus</span></em><span style="left: 649.367px; top: 619.841px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.942461);"> in Algeria is provided.</span></h1> ER -