Species
B. salisburyana
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. salisburyana
- Author
- Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
- Publication Date
- 1954
- Date of Origin
- 1952
- Place
- Southern Nigeria.
- Habitat
- Locally abundant on level, sometimes swampy sites but also on steep banks along streams or near waterfalls; in high primary forest; in association with a large aroid or Trichomanes; from sea-level up to 300 m altitude.
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Africa
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Reference
- Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76:215. 1954.—M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):197. Fig. 16.16. 1994.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p197-9 (1994)
- Photo References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p198 (1994)
Plant
- Plant Height
- up to 23 cm high
- Stem Type
- Rhizome slender to fairly stout, rather smooth to somewhat knotted, rather compact, 0.8-4.6 mm wide, sparsely hirsute to hirsute, especially on the younger parts; the apical part not or slightly ascending.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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