Species

B. nelumbiifolia

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. nelumbiifolia
Author: Schlechtendal & Chamisso, Linnaea
Publication Date: 1830
Place: Chiapas
Country: Mexico to Colombia
Region: America
Section: Gireoudia
Chr 2n: 26, 28?
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: B. deryckxiana Lemaire, Hort. Universel 5:355. 1844. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864.; B. hernandiifolia hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin:125. 1854 "hernandiaefolia”, non W.J. Hooker. 1852 pro syn. Gireoudia nelumbiifolia Klotzsch. 1854. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864. 1854 non Hooker W.J.,1852; B. peltata Sessé & Mociño, Fl. Mex. ed. 2 :219 . 1894 non Otto & Dietrich. 1841.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 154:27, 30. 1945.; B. caudilimba C de Candolle, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12):9. 1919. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:15, pl. 2. 1946;
Reference: Linnaea 5:604. 1830; JGSL9/08;
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:184-85.”nelumbifolia” 2005;
Photo References: Tebbitt, Begonias pl.149. 2005; Beg. pl. 77:239. 2010; The Begonian, Aug 1956; The Begonian, Nov 1957; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 93(146); Beg 91 p 74 Mar/Apr 2024;

Plant

Plant Height: Medium 1m

Lineage

14 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. deryckxiana Lemaire, Hort. Universel 5:355. 1844. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864.; B. hernandiifolia hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin:125. 1854 "hernandiaefolia”, non W.J. Hooker. 1852 pro syn. Gireoudia nelumbiifolia Klotzsch. 1854. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864. 1854 non Hooker W.J.,1852; B. peltata Sessé & Mociño, Fl. Mex. ed. 2 :219 . 1894 non Otto & Dietrich. 1841.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 154:27, 30. 1945.; B. caudilimba C de Candolle, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12):9. 1919. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:15, pl. 2. 1946;