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B. copeyana

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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.

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