Species
B. pittieri
See B. heydei
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. pittieri
- Author
- C. de Candolle, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Habitat
- La Palma, Prov. San Jose, 1,460 meters, Pittier 7 417. Frequent in the regions of La Palma and San Ramon, at 1,000- 1,600 meters. Endemic. Belonging to subgenus Casparya.
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Region
- America
- Section
- Urniformia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. heydei C. de Candolle. 1895;
- Reference
- Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8:316. 1908.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:62. 1958; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Nov 1979;
- Article References
- Begonian 46:264-5. 1979;
- Photo References
- Begonian 46:264. 1979; The Begonian, Nov 1979;
Plant
- Description
- Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Plants small, erect, about 30 cm. high, mostly simple; leaves petiolate, the blades ovate oblong, mostly 6-9 cm. long, long-acuminate, very oblique and shallowly cordate at the base, palmately 5-nerved, denticulate, sparsely long-pilose on the upper surface, glabrous beneath; cymes much shorter than the leaves, small, few-flowered; sepals of the staminate flower 2 and 7 mm. long, the petals much smaller; pistillate flower 3-parted; capsule 6 mm. long, bearing on each angle a spreading, horn-like appendage 1 cm. long. The plants are sometimes epiphytic in habit.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. heydei C. de Candolle. 1895;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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