Species
B. copeyana
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. copeyana
- Author
- C. de Candolle, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Habitat
- Forests of El Copey, 1,800 meters, Pittier 11788. Endemic and known only from the region of the type.
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Region
- America
- Section
- Gireoudia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Reference
- Bull. Herb. Boissier. ser. 2. 8:316. 1908.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747
Plant
- Description
- Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Leaves long-petiolate, the blades obliquely ovate, about 9 cm. long and 8 cm. wide, protracted acuminate, equal and rounded-cordate at the base, remotely denticulate, glabrous above, beneath sparsely pilose on the nerves or at the base densely long-pilose, palmately 5-nerved; scapes as long as the petioles, glabrous, few-flowered; sepals 2 in both kinds of flowers, 7 min. long, glabrous; capsule pilose, the largest wing transverse oblong, 6 mm. long, obtuse, the 2 other wings almost obsolete.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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