Species
B. semiovata
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. semiovata
- Author
- Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Habitat
- (Jimenez, Llanuras de Santa Clara, 195 meters, J. D. Smith 4814). Frequent in forest or thickets of the Atlantic tierra caliente; region of San Ramon. Panama to Honduras, and probably much more widely distributed. Peru: Forests. Loreto: Caballo-Cocha on the Amazon River, Osgood 5. Between Yurimaguas and Balsapuerto, 135-150 meters, Killip & Smith 28091. Balsapuerto, 220 meters, Klug 2840, 2923. Gamitanacocha, Rio Mazan, 100- 125 meters, Schunke 323.-San Martin: Tarapoto, Spruce 4211, type. Colombia; Ecuador.
- Country
- Mexico and Guyana to Peru
- Region
- America
- Section
- Doratometra
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Synonyms and Comments
- humilis Dryander var. glabrata Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 128. 1854.; flexuosa A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859. —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:745. 1937.; guyanensis A. de Candolle. Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859 —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:746. 1937.; spruceana A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859.; rosea A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):299. 1864.; guyanensis A. de Candolle var. glaberrima C. de Candolle, Bot. Gaz. 20:540. 1895. Begonia rosea A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 1: 299. 1864. Hoffmannella rosea Klotzsch ex A. DC. loc. cit. in syn. Costa Rica, without definite locality, Hoffmann 730. Known only from the original material. 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
- Reference
- Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :22. 1853.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:77, pl. 8. 1946.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Begonia semiovata Liebm. B. flexuosa A. DC.; B. guyanensis var. glaberrima C. DC. in Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 20: 540. 1895. 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
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 annual, slender, erect, simple or sparsely branched, the stems glabrous; leaves short-petiolate, very thin when dried, the blades penninerved, ovate-oblong, small, acuminate, obliquely rounded at the base, unequally denticulate-serrate, minutely and sparsely pilose on both surfaces or almost wholly glabrous; peduncles axillary, equaling or shorter than the leaves, few-flowered, the flowers greenish white, small; pistillate flowers 4- 5-lobate; capsules about 6 mm. long, subcordate at each end, the wings narrow, equal. A frequent and rather weedy plant of the · Atlantic tierra caliente. It has been reported from Costa Rica as B. guyanensis A. DC., a species probably synonymous with B. semiovata. As B. Spruceana A. DC. 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 Slender herb, 2-6 dm. high, branching at base, green, leaves strongly asymmetric, straight or rarely transverse-ovate, unequally cuneate to cordate at base, acuminate, subpinnate-nerved, shallowly lobed, serrate, glabrous or nearly so, petioles 1-2 cm. long, stipules persistent, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous. Cymes axillary, laxly few-flowered, peduncle 15-30 mm. long. Bracts persistent, minute, ovate, entire. Pedicels 5-10 mm. long. Staminate tepals 2, suborbicular, 2 mm. long. Stamens free, few, anthers elliptic or ovate, the connective produced. Pistillate tepals 5, elliptic, 2 mm. long. Styles 3, 2-parted, the stigmatic tissue linear, spiral, continuous, placentae very variable even in the same ovary. Capsule 6 mm. long, subelliptic, the wings equal forming an even rounded margin 2-3 mm. wide. - F.M. Neg. 7330.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
humilis Dryander var. glabrata Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 128. 1854.; flexuosa A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859. —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:745. 1937.; guyanensis A. de Candolle. Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859 —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:746. 1937.; spruceana A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:142. 1859.; rosea A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):299. 1864.; guyanensis A. de Candolle var. glaberrima C. de Candolle, Bot. Gaz. 20:540. 1895. Begonia rosea A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 1: 299. 1864. Hoffmannella rosea Klotzsch ex A. DC. loc. cit. in syn. Costa Rica, without definite locality, Hoffmann 730. Known only from the original material. 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
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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