Each fig family reconstructs a lineage — and the lineages, in turn, are related. SSR characterisation (Aradhya 2010) places several of our families within a single Clade 2. This map changes scale: here, each node is a family, each edge a documented point of contact between them. Click a node to open the matching family.
parent probable
même génotype (synonyme SSR)
apparenté ADN (clade)
confusion documentée (distincts)
lien revendiqué, non testé (incertain)
tête / souche hors fiche autre famille (cliquable)
Evidence level: ESTABLISHED genetic (SSR) · MONOGRAPH historical source · PROBABLE morphological / name-based
The core: five families, one genetic kinship
Aradhya's SSR characterisation (2010) places these five families within a single Clade 2. They are not synonyms: they are genetic cousins, each anchored to its own reference accession (DFIC, the NCGR collection in Davis). Col de Dame is the hub; the four others orbit around it. ESTABLISHED
| Family | DFIC | What it is | Key synonyms (accession) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Col de Dame | #74 | the Catalan hub, the “lady's neck” fig | Coll de Dama, Cuello de Dama, Col di Signora (= Maho) |
| Negronne / Violette de Bordeaux | #63 | the small dark fig prized by collectors | Figue de Bordeaux, Beer's Black (#277), Vista (#259) |
| Bourjassotte Grise | #190 | the grey fig of south-west France | Napolitaine, Negro Largo (#228), Violet Sepor (#210) |
| Verte | #26 | the winter green fig | Trompe-Cassaire, Figue d'Hiver |
| Monstrueuse | #67 | the large green fig of Lipari | Ischia Green (#52), Paradiso (#307), Fico Verde (#208) |
The five bridges to other families
Beyond the core, five hinge names connect Clade 2 to other families. They are not all equal: some rest on a genetic accession identity, others on a monograph, others still on a mere shared name. The “evidence” column states which, for each.
| Hinge name | Links to… | What it proves | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negro Largo | Brown Turkey | accession #228 “Negro Largo” = #190 Bourjassotte Grise (SSR); but the name is also pinned locally onto Brown Turkey — a bridge by name, not by genes. | ESTABLISHED (identity) |
| Cuello Dama Blanco | Dottato (#66) | the “Cuello Dama Blanco” of the Extremadura germplasm (CICYTEX) is in fact Kadota, by morphological and molecular characterisation (Pereira 2020). A “neck” name on a round fig. | ESTABLISHED |
| “Similar” (Condit) | Brunswick (#34) | Condit (1955) considered Brunswick close to Col de Dame. An observational link, not genotyping. | MONOGRAPH |
| Bordissotenca | Bordissot | Coll de Dama Bordissotenca carries a name and a morphology that straddle Coll de Dama and Bordissot. No genetic cross is documented. | PROBABLE |
| Col di Signora | Panaché | the name “Col di Signora / Coll de Dama Panachée” is shared; Panaché (Striped Tiger) is attached to it by the label, with no genetic proof of kinship. | PROBABLE |
What is certain, what is not
Solid (genetic). The Clade 2 core and the accession identities (#228 = #190, #277 / #259 = #63, #52 / #307 = #67, Cuello Dama Blanco = Kadota) rest on SSR genotyping. ESTABLISHED
Documented, but not genotyped. The bridge to Brunswick comes from a monograph (Condit 1955); those to Bordissot and Panaché come from morphology and shared names. They are real as routes of diffusion, but they do not assert strict genetic kinship. MONO PROBABLE
Open. The deep structure of the fig is reticulate (many crossings), and many founders remain unidentified. This is a documented map of diffusion, not a strict phylogeny — and it is revised as soon as genetic evidence contradicts it. HYPOTHESIS
The ten families on the map
- Col de Dame (#74) — the Clade 2 hub.
- Negronne / Violette de Bordeaux (#63) — clade neighbour.
- Bourjassotte Grise (#190) — clade neighbour, and bridge to Brown Turkey via Negro Largo.
- Verte (#26) — clade neighbour.
- Monstrueuse (#67) — clade neighbour.
- Brown Turkey — linked by the polysemous name Negro Largo.
- Dottato / Kadota (#66) — linked by the Cuello Dama Blanco trap.
- Brunswick (#34) — brought close by Condit (1955).
- Bordissot — linked by the Bordissotenca (morphology).
- Panaché — linked by the name Col di Signora.
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