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Species

B. holtonis var. holtonis

Photos

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. holtonis var. holtonis
Form Variety
var. holtonis
Author
A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
Publication Date
1859
Habitat
Junction of the Provinces of Guayas, Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: plants much-branched, climbing to several meters, stem and pedicels red, leaves pale green with red margin, flowers flushed with pink; foothills of the western cor­diller: near the village of Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., E-3662.
Country
Colombia, Ecuador
Region
America
Section
Lepsia
Plant Type
Shrub-like
Synonyms and Comments
umbrata hort. ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):396. 1864. ; foliosa Kunth var. amplifolia L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert. 1946. ; schimpffii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74:604. 1949.; u105; u133; u134
Reference
Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:141. 1859.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:186, pl. 15. 1946. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 44:239. 1979.; JGSL9/08
Article References
Tebbitt, Begonias 5:142. 2005; 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 PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR BY W. H. CAMP. – BEGONIACEAE - LYMAN B. SMITH AND BERNICE G. SCHUBERT
Photo References
Tebbitt, Begonias pl.109. 2005.

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 Junction of the Provinces of Guayas, Cafiar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: plants much-branched, climbing to several meters, stem and pedicels red, leaves pale green with red margin, flowers flushed with pink; foothills of the western cor­diller: near the village of Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., E-3662.

Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

umbrata hort. ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):396. 1864. ; foliosa Kunth var. amplifolia L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert. 1946. ; schimpffii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74:604. 1949.; u105; u133; u134

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

As male parent

2

B. ‘Cascade’

Female parent: B. foliosa var. miniata

B. ‘foliosa ‘Cascade’’

Female parent: B. foliosa var. miniata

Culture

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