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Species

B. odorata

Photos

3 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. odorata
Author
Willdenow, Enum. Hort. Berol., suppl.
Publication Date
1813
Place
Guadeloupe
Country
Lesser Antilles
Region
America
Section
Begonia
Chr 2n
52
Plant Type
Shrub-like
Synonyms and Comments
B. humilis auct. non Dryander in Aiton: Ker-Gawler, Bot. Reg. 4:pl. 284, 1818.; B. nitida Wikstrom, Guadel, in Königl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. :76. 1827, non Dryander in Aiton. 1789.; B. macrophylla auct. non Lamarck: Wikstrom, Guadel., in Königl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. :76. 1827. —O. E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911.; B. suavolens Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1:pl. 69. 1817.; B. disticha hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :122. 1854 non Link. 1822 [= B. suaveolens Loddiges. 1817.] —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911.; B. wageneriana auct. non W. J. Hooker pl. 4988. 1857: W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 84: pl. 5047. 1858.; B. dominicalis auct. non A. de Candolle: Duss, Fl. Phan. Antil. Franc. 2:320. 1897, excl. specim. Mart. —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911. ; B. dominicalis auct. non A. de Candolle ex Grisebach: Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. :304. 1860, quoad pl. Guad.—O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911;
Reference
Enum. Hort. Berol., suppl. :64. 1814; JGSL9/08;
Photo References
JBS, Begonias :30. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :141. 1983; Begonias, Misono 1974: 96 (149);

Plant

No populated fields in this section.

Lineage

6 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. humilis auct. non Dryander in Aiton: Ker-Gawler, Bot. Reg. 4:pl. 284, 1818.; B. nitida Wikstrom, Guadel, in Königl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. :76. 1827, non Dryander in Aiton. 1789.; B. macrophylla auct. non Lamarck: Wikstrom, Guadel., in Königl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. :76. 1827. —O. E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911.; B. suavolens Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1:pl. 69. 1817.; B. disticha hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :122. 1854 non Link. 1822 [= B. suaveolens Loddiges. 1817.] —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911.; B. wageneriana auct. non W. J. Hooker pl. 4988. 1857: W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 84: pl. 5047. 1858.; B. dominicalis auct. non A. de Candolle: Duss, Fl. Phan. Antil. Franc. 2:320. 1897, excl. specim. Mart. —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911. ; B. dominicalis auct. non A. de Candolle ex Grisebach: Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. :304. 1860, quoad pl. Guad.—O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:19. 1911;

Descendants

6 recorded children

As female parent

4

B. ‘Bon Aire’

Male parent: B. thelmae

B. ‘Digswelliana’

Male parent: B. foliosa var. miniata

B. ‘Dr. Nachtingal’

Male parent: B. cyathophora

B. ‘Dr. Nachtingal’

Male parent: B. roezlii var. roezlii

As male parent

2

B. ‘Leonore’

Female parent: B. schmidtii

B. ‘Odorata Leonora’

Female parent: B. schmidtiana

Culture

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