Species
B. acerifolia*
See B. vitifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. acerifolia*
- Author
- hort.
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Habitat
- Loja: flowers white, petals frilled, corolla 3 cm. diameter; when immature the large wing of fruit pink, the smaller wings pale green; petioles and pedicels bright salmon color; leaf-blades concolor, dull green (one plant found with variegated leaves); plant rhizomatous, the rhizomes and often the plant base enlarged and tuberous; in moist shaded places, Nudo de Cajanuma, 7 km. south of Loja, 8,000- 8, 4 00 ft., E-121.
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- America
- Section
- Pritzelia?***not in 2018 revision
- Chr 2n
- 28
- Plant Type
- Thick Stem
- Synonyms and Comments
- *name not validly published; B. vitifolia Schott. 1827.
- Reference
- hort. auct. non Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth: William Watson in George Nicholson Dictionary of Gardening, 1:170. 1984.— Jan Doorenbos, Begonian 46:238. 1979.; JGSL9/08
- Photo References
- Beg 91 p 21 Jan/Feb 2024;
Plant
- Description
- Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v. 8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 Loja: flowers white, petals frilled, corolla 3 cm. diameter; when immature the large wing of fruit pink, the smaller wings pale green; petioles and pedicels bright salmon color; leaf-blades concolor, dull green (one plant found with variegated leaves); plant rhizomatous, the rhizomes and often the plant base enlarged and tuberous; in moist shaded places, Nudo de Cajanuma, 7 km. south of Loja, 8,000- 8, 4 00 ft., E-121.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
*name not validly published; B. vitifolia Schott. 1827.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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