Species
B. geraniifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. geraniifolia
- Author
- W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag.
- Publication Date
- 1835
- Place
- Lima
- Habitat
- Clefts of limestone rocks. Lima: Amancaes, Ruiz & Pavon; Andre 4088. Lima, Wilkes Expedition; Mathews 734, type. San Lorenzo, Gaudichaud. Atocongo, 250-500 meters, Pennell 14756. Prov. Chancay, 5 km. north of Barranca, 200-600 meters, Worth 9115. Endemic. ''Flor de San Juan."
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- America
- Section
- Eupetalum
- Chr 2n
- 28
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- petalodes Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21:pl. 1757. 1836.; gaudichaudii Walpers. Repert. Bot. Syst. 5:769. 1846.; Ann. Bot. Syst. 4:875. 1858 [= Eupetalum petalodes Lindley. 1836.] —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 13:189. 1941.; tuberosa Ruiz ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :121. 1854 non Lamarck. 1785.; martiana Link & Otto. 1825.; Eupetalum Kunthianum Kl. Begon. 21. 1855. E. tuberosum Kl. I.e. 22. 1855.
- Reference
- Bot. Mag. 62:pl. 3387. 1835.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Edwards's botanical register. London v. 21 (1836) http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28975
Plant
- Description
- Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, v. 62 -= ser. 2, v. 9, 1835 B. geraniifolia Numerous as are the species of Begonia in Brazil, they appear to be rare, in similar latitudes on the opposite side of the vast continent of South America: and only one seems to be recorded as a native of Peru, B. octopetala, L'Herit., which we have received from Mr. Mathews. The present was discovered in the neighborhood of Lima, and roots brought to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. M'Lean, in 1833. In September of the following year, they produced their exceedingly pretty and very delicate red and white flowers, which contrasted well with the glossy and deep green foliage. It is to be regretted that only male flowers have yet been produced, I am therefore unable to characterize the form of the fruit or germen. Description: Stem about a foot high, erect, somewhat angular, but very obtusely so, succulent, pale, semi-pellucid, green, with a slight purplish tinge, branched upwards in a somewhat dichotomous manner. Branches rounded. Leaves on long, rounded, footstalks, cordate, the sides nearly equal, plaited, cut into many unequal, very acute lobes, and those inciso-serrate, green on both sides., paler beneath, above of a full and very bright and glossy green, the margin red, perfectly glabrous, as is the whole plant, the nerves radiate as it were from the base, without any distinct midrib. At the setting on of the leaf are two large connate, membranaceous bracts. Peduncles terminal, bearing two or three flowers, which are inclined, drooping· while in bud. Male flowers of four petals, of which the outer and larger are almost orbicular and red, the two-inner obovate, waved, and white. No female flowers in evidence.; Edwards's botanical register. London v. 21 (1836) http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28975 Begonia geraniifolia (as SYN. B. petalodes) - A pretty little species sent us by Mr. Richard Harrison, in April 1833, and we presume a native of Brazil. It adds another to the beautiful genus Begonia; which cultivators scarcely appreciate in this country. The species are all so very easily cultivated and have so neat an appearance that they are exceedingly well adapted for ornamenting a damp stove. One of the prettiest things in the gardens of Schönbrunn is a Begonia house, filled with this genus and Ferns growing upon decayed wood and old tan. To Botanists this is peculiarly instructive, because it shows better than any species we have previously seen what the regular form of the genus may be considered. To us it is the more interesting, because its petals, distinct from the sepals, show we were right in considering the tendency of Begonia to be towards the production of a corolla, and that it is consequently correctly associated in the Nixus plantarum with Polypetalous orders; and secondly, that two or four being the number of the floral envelopes, when distinctly formed, the relationship of Begoniaceae to Onagraceae is almost demonstrated. ; Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v. 13: pt. 4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Herb, 15- 30 cm. high from a large tuberous base, glabrous, succulent. Stem erect, branching well above the base with leaves and branches usually whorled. Leaves reniform or suborbicular, cordate at base, palminerved with 5- 9 acute lobes, to 6 cm. long and 8 cm. wide, coarsely dentate, green, often with a narrow red margin, petiole 1-8 cm. long, stipules persistent, broadly ovate, entire or sparsely and coarsely crenate-dentate, 5-9 mm. long. Peduncles erect, 1- 2-flowered, much exceeding the leaves. Bracts persistent, like the stipules. Pedicels 15-25 mm. long. Staminate tepals 4, subequal, 8- 12 mm. long, suborbicular. Stamens numerous on a short but distinct column, radially seriate(?), anthers oblong, about as long as the filaments. Pistillate tepals 5, suborbicular. Styles 3, bifid with the branches 2- 3-parted, each division with a tight spiral of stigmatic tissue at apex, placentae 2-parted with the parts usually again divided, ovuliferous on all sides. Capsule 6-8 mm. long, acute at base, the 3 wings subequal, narrowly triangular, often ascending, up to 25 mm. wide. -F. M. Neg. 20862 (Gaudichaudii 7328).
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
petalodes Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21:pl. 1757. 1836.; gaudichaudii Walpers. Repert. Bot. Syst. 5:769. 1846.; Ann. Bot. Syst. 4:875. 1858 [= Eupetalum petalodes Lindley. 1836.] —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 13:189. 1941.; tuberosa Ruiz ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :121. 1854 non Lamarck. 1785.; martiana Link & Otto. 1825.; Eupetalum Kunthianum Kl. Begon. 21. 1855. E. tuberosum Kl. I.e. 22. 1855.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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