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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.

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