Species

B. ludwigii

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ludwigii
Author: Irmsch., Biblioth. Bot.
Publication Date: 1937
Place: Chimborazo
Habitat: Chimborazo: plants from· heavy, usually erect stems, sometimes to 1 m. high and 10 cm diameter at base, inflorescence peduncles to 1 m. long, petioles to 0.5 m. long, leaves pale green, dull above, green or sometimes reddish-tinged below, flowers white, tinged with pink; canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft , (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog belt), E-3317.
Country: Ecuador
Region: America
Section: Knesebeckia III
Chr 2n: 28
Plant Type: Thick Stem
Synonyms and Comments: B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:18. 1940, non Buxton. 1932; B. rigida auct. non Linden ex Regel: A. Clarke, Begonian 14:150, pl. 1947.—E. Carrell, Begonian 17,128. 1950.; B. ecuador E. K. Gray, Begonias :16. 1931. "ecquador”. [= B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett. 1940, non Buxton. 1932.] —E. Carrell, Begonian 17:128. 1950;
Reference: Biblioth. Bot. 29, Heft 116: 113 (1937); JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Oct 1976;
Article References: 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: The Begonian, Oct 1976;

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 Chimborazo: plants from· heavy, usually erect stems, sometimes to 1 m. high and 10 cm diameter at base, inflorescence peduncles to 1 m. long, petioles to 0.5 m. long, leaves pale green, dull above, green or sometimes reddish-tinged below, flowers white, tinged with pink; canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft , (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog belt), E-3317.
Stem Type: Trunk-like
Stem Habit: Non-branched;swollen base
Other Features: Endangered
Internodal Distance: Long

Lineage

11 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:18. 1940, non Buxton. 1932; B. rigida auct. non Linden ex Regel: A. Clarke, Begonian 14:150, pl. 1947.—E. Carrell, Begonian 17,128. 1950.; B. ecuador E. K. Gray, Begonias :16. 1931. "ecquador”. [= B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett. 1940, non Buxton. 1932.] —E. Carrell, Begonian 17:128. 1950;