Species

B. peruviana

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Genus: Begonia
Name: B. peruviana
Author: A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
Publication Date: 1859
Place: Huanuco, Junin
Habitat: Woods and thickets. Huanuco: Huallaga and Mufia, 2,500-2,600 meters, Weberbauer 6718.- Junin: Huacapistana, 1,800-2,400 meters, Killip & Smith 24514. Pichis Trail, Yapas, 1,350-1,600 meters, Killip & Smith 25595.- Cuzco: Near Rio Yanamayo, below ''Pillahuata," 2,000-2,300 meters, Pennell 14054. Southwest slope of Huayna Picchu, 2,700 meters, West 6440.- Indefinite: near Palca, Pavon. Near Jambrasbamba, Mathews.
Country: Peru
Region: America
Section: Ruizopavonia
Plant Type: Shrub-like, scandent
Reference: Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:133. 1859.; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 2016
Article References: The Begonian, Nov-Dec 2016
Photo References: The Begonian, Nov-Dec 2016

Description: Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v.13: pt.4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Perennial herb 1.5-2.5 meters high, glabrous. Stems subscandent. Leaves straight or nearly so, asymmetric, elliptic, acuminate, 5-10 cm. long, 18- 36 mm. wide, acute at one side of base and the other obtuse, penninerved, thin, serrate, short-ciliate, petioles 6-15 mm. long, stipules oblong, 16-30 mm. long. Cymes axillary, laxly many-flowered, peduncles 2- 5 cm. long. Bracts deciduous, minute. Staminate tepals 2, suborbicular, 4- 5 mm. long. Stamens free, anthers oblong, the connective produced. Pistillate tepals 2, like the staminate. Styles 3, 2-branched with the branches again divided, placentae bilamellate, ovule-bearing on all sides. Capsule unequally 3-winged, 2 costiform, the third ovate. - F.M. Neg. 24199.
Plant Habit: Scandent

3 descendants

No parentage recorded.

3 recorded children

Female parent: B. thelmae

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