Species

B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii
Form Variety: ssp. sutherlandii
Author: J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag.
Publication Date: 1868
Country: Dem. Rep. Congo; Tanzania; Zambia; Mozambique; South Africa
Region: Africa
Section: Augustia
Chr 2n: 26
Plant Type: Tuberous
Synonyms and Comments: B. flava Binns, H. C. L. M.:23. 1968, non visus, non W. Marais. 1956.; B. snitcheri hort, Horticulture 25, 7:549. 1929, non visus. —Buxton, Check List Begonias :222, 1857; B. buttonii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 1. 1961. Natal. Fig. 5.19. —Hilliard in Ross, Fl. South Afr. 22:141. 1976.; B. dissecta Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 2. 1961.; B. gueinziana Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:177. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner var. gueinziana A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):385.1864.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. minuscula Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:170, pl. 10:fig. 1. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. subcuneata Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:164, pl. 8:fig. 2. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Binns, H.C.L.M. :23. 1968, non visus;
Reference: Bot. Mag. 94:pl. 5689. 1868.—Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:169. 1961. —Hilliard in Ross, Fl. South Afr. 22:140, pl. 45:fig. 1. 1976. —Kupicha in Launert, Fl. Zambesiaca 4:503. 1978. "sutherlandi."; JGSL9/08;
Article References: Curtis's botanical magazine, v. 94 = ser. 3, v. 24 (1868); Beg. 3:4. Jul. 1936; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:219-20. 2005;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :69. 1980; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.182. 2005; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 161 (276);

Plant

Description: Curtis's botanical magazine, v. 94 = ser. 3, v. 24 (1868) B sutherlandii: Of the various pretty Begonias from South Africa figured in this magazine (Tab. 3720, 3731, 4841, 5583), this is by far the most elegant, and will no doubt prove a great favorite amongst horticulturists; its graceful habit, the brilliant vinous red hue of its branches, petioles, and of the nerves and margins of the leaves, contrasting with the delicate green of the membranous translucent leaves and copious orange-red blossoms, are all very marked and beautiful characters. It was discovered by Dr. Sutherland, Surveyor General of Natal, in the western mountains of that colony, altitude 3500 feet, and is one of the many discoveries of that excellent contribution to the botany of South Africa. More recently it has been collected by the unfortunate Gerard, who lately perished whilst collecting in Madagascar, and by Mr. Cooper, who was sent out by Mr. W. Saunders, F.R.S. For the specimen figured here I am indebted to Messrs. Backhouse of York, with whom it flowered in June 1867. Description: Root of small tubers. Stem one to two feet high, slender, graceful, and, as well as the branches, of a deep, bright red-purple color. Leaves on slender red petioles, two to three inches long; blade four to six inches long, very obliquely ovate-lanceolate, deeply two-lobed at the base, the lobes rounded, margin lobed and acutely serrate, bright green above, with a few small scattered hairs, paler below, the nerves on both surfaces, as well as the margin, of a bright red color. Stipules oblong, red, usually serrulate or erose. Cymes axillary and terminal, many-flowered; peduncles and pedicels slender, red; bracts opposite, obovate or orbicular, obtuse or acute, red, serrulate or quite entire. Flowers one inch in diameter, orange or pale coppery red, varying to a dirty rose-red; Male with four leaflets, of which the two outer are almost orbicular, the inner much narrower; female with usually five leaflets, irregular in size. Stamens numerous, free, sessile on the receptacle; anthers oblong, obtuse. Ovary three-celled, placentas entire; stigmas three, with short arms. Capsule with three subequal wings. - J. D. H.
Plant Height: Low
Other Features: Bulbils in leaf axils

Lineage

19 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. flava Binns, H. C. L. M.:23. 1968, non visus, non W. Marais. 1956.; B. snitcheri hort, Horticulture 25, 7:549. 1929, non visus. —Buxton, Check List Begonias :222, 1857; B. buttonii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 1. 1961. Natal. Fig. 5.19. —Hilliard in Ross, Fl. South Afr. 22:141. 1976.; B. dissecta Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 2. 1961.; B. gueinziana Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:177. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner var. gueinziana A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):385.1864.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. minuscula Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:170, pl. 10:fig. 1. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. subcuneata Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:164, pl. 8:fig. 2. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Binns, H.C.L.M. :23. 1968, non visus;