Species
B. sinuata var. sinuata
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. sinuata var. sinuata
- Form Variety
- var. sinuata
- Author
- Wallich ex Meisner, Ber. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel
- Publication Date
- 1836
- Place
- Kedah; Langkawi; Karimunjawa and Bangka islands.
- Country
- Southern Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: after the sinuate margin of the leaves; “The sparkling begonia”; guttata Wallich, Numer. List: 129, :no. 3671B. 1831, nomen nudum.; elongata Wallich, Numer. List :213, no. 6291. 1832, nomen nudum. —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:650. 1879.; subrotunda Wallich, Numer. List : 213, no. 6293. 1832.; bilocularis (Wight) Craib, Fl. Siam 1:771. 1931.—Burtt, Notes Roy. Gard. Edinburgh 32:274. 1973.; sinuata Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3680. 1831, nomen nudum.; clivalis Ridley, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc., Straits Br. 54:43. 1909 pro parte.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. clivalis Irmscher. 1929.; dregei J. B. Davy. 1926.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. clivalis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. etamensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. langkawiensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. malaccensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. monophylloides Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. penangensis Irmscher. 1929.;
- Reference
- Ber. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel, 2:42. 1836. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):354. 1864. —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:650. 1879. —Burtt, Notes Roy. Gard. Edinburgh 32:273. 1973. —R. Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :58-64, pls. 2005.; JGSL9/08; Curtis's botanical magazine. London; New York [etc.]: Academic Press v. 66=ser. 2: v. 13 (1839-1840): Plate 3720,3731
- Article References
- Curtis's botanical magazine, v. 66 = ser. 2, v. 13 (1839); Kiew, Begonias of P. Malaysia 3:58-63. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 292, 2018
- Photo References
- Kiew, Begonias of P. Malaysia pls.3:58-62. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 292, 2018
Plant
- Description
- Curtis's botanical magazine, v. 66 = ser. 2, v. 13 (1839) B. sinuata (however this does not appear to be the plant currently called B. sinuata, I cannot find another SYN.) The number of species in cultivation of this beautiful genus has been greatly increased of late years, and a large proportion through the often-mentioned Garden at Berlin, from whence this was sent to the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and to Dr. Neill in 1836, under the name here adopted. In both these establishments it flowered in the end of May and in June. The country from which it was originally obtained was not stated to us. Description: Whole plant glabrous and shining. Stem thick, short, much branched; branches erect, tumid at the joints. Stipules attenuated at the apex, dilated at the base, and sometimes half-sagittate, marcescent. Petioles (2-3 inches long) suberect, channeled above. Leaves shorter than the petioles, unequally cordate, lobed, shortly and bluntly toothed, slightly waved, bright green above, paler below, where the veins are deep red, especially on the older leaves. Cymes axillary; peduncle about as long as the petiole, slightly compressed, dichotomous, with a male flower in the fork, and one male and one female flower on each division. Male flowers: dipetalous, white, petals equal and subrotund, stamens united only at the base of the filaments. Female flowers: with five unequal petals. Germen with three subequal, acute wings, slightly rose-colored at the edge near the base when young. Graham.; The sparkling begonia; Whole plant glabrous and shining. Stem thick, short, much branched; branches erect, tumid at the joints. Stipules attenuated at the apex, dilated at the base, and sometimes half-sagittate, marcescent. Petioles (2-3 inches long) suberect, channelled above. Leaves shorter than the petioles, unequally cordate, lobed, shortly and bluntly toothed, slightly waved, bright green above, paler below, where the veins are deep red, especially on the older leaves. Cymes axillary; peduncle about as long as the petiole, slightly compressed, dichotomous, with a male flower in the fork, and one male and one female flower on each division. Male flowers dipetalous, white, petals equal and subrotund, stamens united only at the base of the filaments. Female flowers with five unequal petals. Germen with three subequal, acute wings, slightly rose-colored at the edges near the base when young. Graham.
- Growth Type
- Annual
- Plant Habit
- Epiphytic
- Plant Spread
- Small
- Plant Height
- Very Low <25cm
- Stem Type
- Erect
- Stem Habit
- Non-Branched
- Other Features
- Very few leaves
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: after the sinuate margin of the leaves; “The sparkling begonia”; guttata Wallich, Numer. List: 129, :no. 3671B. 1831, nomen nudum.; elongata Wallich, Numer. List :213, no. 6291. 1832, nomen nudum. —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:650. 1879.; subrotunda Wallich, Numer. List : 213, no. 6293. 1832.; bilocularis (Wight) Craib, Fl. Siam 1:771. 1931.—Burtt, Notes Roy. Gard. Edinburgh 32:274. 1973.; sinuata Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3680. 1831, nomen nudum.; clivalis Ridley, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc., Straits Br. 54:43. 1909 pro parte.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. clivalis Irmscher. 1929.; dregei J. B. Davy. 1926.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. clivalis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. etamensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. langkawiensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. malaccensis Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. monophylloides Irmscher. 1929.; sinuata Wallich ex Meisner var. penangensis Irmscher. 1929.;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14344 BEGONIA sinuata; caulescens, ramosissima, ubique glaberrima, foliis inaequalibus cordatis lobatis acutis obtuse dentatis nitidis subtus pallidis venis coloratis, floribus masculis dipetalis, staminibus subliberis, faemineis 5- petalis inaequalibus, capsulae alis subaequalibus acutis, pedunculis bifidis, ramis bifloris. Graham.