Species
B. oxyura
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. oxyura
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA: 4 km. southwest of Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Brass 13217, 13457 (TYPE), March 1939, alt. 850 m., on banks of a rain - forest stream (13217: climbing to 3 m.; 13457: herb 60 cm. high; flowers white).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:49, pl. 4a-b. 1943,; JGSL9/08
Plant
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Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University MERRILL & PERRY, PLANTAE ARCHBOLDIANAE, XI v. 24 (1943): Page 41-59 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33600 Planta ascendens ramosa; ramulis crispe ferrugineo-hirsutis; foliis chartaceis lanceolato-ellipticis, 9-16 cm. longis et 3-7 cm. latis, apice abrupte caudato-acuminatis, acumine 2-3 cm. longo, basi 7 mm. apicem versus 1 mm. lato, basi valde inaequalibus, uno latere rotundato-auriculatis, lobo 1.5- 2.5 cm. longo, nervis basalibus 4 vel 5, altero rotundatis nervis basalibus 2, lateralibus utrinsecus 2 vel 3, margine sinuatis remote dentatis verisimiliter setulosis utrinque crispe subadpresse hirtellis, subtus costa venisque dense hirsutis; petiolo ± 1 cm. longo hirsuto; stipulis ovatis, 6 mm. longis, 4 mm. latis, hirsutis; inflorescentiis terminalibus ± 6 cm. longis, cymosopaniculatis, paucifloris, flores ♂ atque ♀ gerentibus; pedunculo brevissimo usque 2 cm. longo et pedicellis usque 3 cm. longis dense hirtellis; floribus ♂ : tepalis 2 oblongo-ellipticis, 1.3-1.5 cm. longis, 6 mm. latis, hirtellis; staminibus ± 60 basi breviter connatis, filamentis 1 mm. vel ultra longis, antheris 1 mm. longis obovatis emarginatis; floribus ♀ totis hirtellis: tepalis 5 oblongo-lanceolatis, 1.3 cm. longis; stylis 3, basi breviter connatis sursum liberis, apice in crura 2 brevia patentia torte papillosa fissis; ovario ellipsoideo 1.2 cm. longo et 0.7 cm. lato, alis 3 subaequalibus; capsula 2.3 cm. longa cernua, alis rotundatis, apice deorsum leviter obliquis, 9 mm. medio latis. These collections suggest Begonia torricellensis Warb., but they differ in having very distinctly acuminate leaves and fruits with very much narrower wings.