Species
B. pediophylla
Photos
3 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. pediophylla
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- BRITISH NEW GUINEA: Wharton Range, Murray Pass, Brass 4577 (TYPE), July 1933, alt. 2840 m., forest shade (fleshy small shrub; branches, petioles, leaf-margins and nerves beneath red, also peduncles and pedicels; flowers very pale- pink, marked with darker lines).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:54, pl. 5j-n. 1943.; JGSL9/08
Plant
No populated fields in this section.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Begonia pediophylla sp. nov. § Petermannia. Fig. 5, j-n. 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 parva glabra; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, 6-13 cm. longis, 2- 4.5 cm. latis, apice abrupte acuminatis, acumine saepe angusto 0.5-1.5 cm. longo, basi inaequalibus, latere exteriore in lobum 1-2.3 cm. longum rotundatum productis nervis basalibus 3 vel 4, interiore rotundato-cuneatis vel obtusis nervis basalibus 1 vel 2, lateralibus utrinsecus 3 vel 4, margine indistincte serrato-denticulatis; petiole 1- 7.5 cm. longo; stipulis lanceolatooblongis ± 7 mm. longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus et axillaribus paucifloris ± 3 cm. longis, flores ♂ et ♀ gerentibus; bracteis 1 cm. longis ovato-oblongis; pedicellis 1-1. 5 cm. longis; floribus ♂: tepalis 2 late ovatis 1 cm. longis, basi leviter cordatis; staminibus ± 45 basi connatis, filamentis 2- 4 mm. longis, antheris obovatis 1 mm. longis latisque, apice truncatis vix retusis, thecis inflatis, rimis antherae fere aequilongis; floribus XX: tepalis 5 ellipticis, 10 mm. longis, 6 mm. latis; stylis 3 circiter 6 mm. longis, basi 2 min. connatis, apicem versus latioribus, apice in crura 2 brevia ( 2 mm. longa) patenti-erecta spiraliter papillosa fissis; ovario 1 cm. longo 5 mm. lato ellipsoideo, alis 3 subinaequalibus; capsula 1.4 cm. longa et lata, alis margine superiore subtruncatis rotundatis, basi rotundatis, 2 mm. atque 3 mm. medio latis. The shape of the anthers, with inflated sacs and gaping sutures, is very much like that pictured for Begonia naumoniensis Irmsch., as is also the indistinctly denticulate margin of the leaves. The new species differs in the smaller leaves, the number of stamens, and the much smaller fruits with narrower wings.