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'''''Ficus brachypoda''''' is a tree in the family Moraceae native to northern Australia. It is a banyan of the genus ''Ficus'' which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig (''Ficus carica'').
''Ficus brachypoda'' is likely a species complex. A new species ''Ficus desertorum'' was split from the group.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilde |first=Brendan |date=2021 |title=Hiding in plain sight, Ficus desertorum (Moraceae), a new species of rock fig for Central Australia |journal=Telopea |volume=24 |pages=283–301 |doi=10.7751/telopea14668 |issn=2200-4025|doi-access=free |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/366224 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{APNI | name =''Ficus brachypoda'' (Miq.) Miq. | id = 36413}} *Wilde, Brendan (2021). "Hiding in plain sight, ''Ficus desertorum'' (Moraceae), a new species of rock fig for Central Australia". ''Telopea''. '''24''': 283–301. doi:10.7751/telopea14668. ISSN 2200-4025.
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Category:Rosales of Australia Category:Trees of Australia Category:Flora of Queensland brachypoda Category:Drought-tolerant trees Category:Ornamental trees Category:Garden plants of Australia Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel