Species
B. antongilensis var. cuneata
See B. antongilensis
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. antongilensis var. cuneata
- Form Variety
- var. cuneata
- Author
- Humbert ex Keraudren-Aymonin & Bosser, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) III.
- Publication Date
- 1972
- Habitat
- endemic. East: Antongil Bay, Rantabe, Bathing Perrier 6665; Simiane river, east coast, Perrier de la Bathie 6659. Habitat: shade undergrowth and rock on gneiss, 100-500 m alt.
- Country
- Madagascar
- Region
- Africa
- Section
- Erminea
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. antongilensis
- Reference
- Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) III 47:77, pl. 2. 1972. —M. Keraudren–Aymonin, Fl. Madagascar 144:96, pl. 29:fig. 2. 1983.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Flore de Madagascar et des Comores; M. Keraudren-Aymonin & Aymonin G. 1983. — Begoniaceae. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 123 p. vol. 144-145).
Plant
- Description
- Differs from the typical variety by lanceolate leaves, acute, narrow-limbed, 15-20 mm wide, attenuate and not cord at the base. - Pl. 29, p. 95. - Although partially sympatric of the type variety, the var. cuneata only appears in distinct, unmixed populations, according to Perrier de la Bathie's notes on herbarium specimens.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. antongilensis
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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