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Species

B. stenoptera

See B. oaxacana var. stenoptera

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. stenoptera
Author
C. DC.
Publication Date
1919
Place
Costa Rica
Habitat
Santa Elena de Turrialba, Pittier. Also on the slopes of Irazu. Endemic.
Country
Costa Rica
Region
America
Section
Parietoplacentalia
Reference
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 Branches densely pilose; leaves long-petiolate, the petioles densely pilose; blades ovate, 10 cm. long, acuminate, very unequal at the base and rounded on each side, pilose on both surfaces; peduncles shorter than the petioles, the cymes few-flowered, the pedicels pilose; flowers greenish white or pinkish, 5 mm. long; sepals 2 in the staminate flower, glabrous; pistillate flowers 3-lobate; capsule 10 mm. long, the wings subequal, very narrow, pilose on the margins.

Lineage

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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