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Species

B. tenuipila

See B. plebeja

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. tenuipila
Author
C. de Candolle, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2.
Publication Date
1908
Habitat
Stream bank near Nicoya, Tonduz 13515. Also in the regions of Tilaran, Guanacaste, and Pejivalle. Endemic.
Country
Costa Rica
Region
America
Section
Gireoudia
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
B. plebeja Liebmann. 1853.
Reference
Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8:315. 1908.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:470. 1984. —K. Burt–Utley, Tulane Studies Zool. Bot. 25(1):102. 1985; JGSL9/08;
Photo References
The Begonian, Mar-Apr 1989; The Begonian, Apr 1977;

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 rhizomatous; leaves peltate(?), long-petiolate, the petiole glabrous; blades rounded, 15 cm. long, acutely acuminate, dentate and sparsely setaceous on the margins, glabrous on both surfaces, palmately nerved; branches of the inflorescence and pedicels long-pilose, the flowers pink, the 2 sepals of the staminate flower 5.5 mm. long, glabrous; pistillate flowers bilobate; capsule 6 mm. long, sparsely pilose, the largest wing horizontal, obtuse, the others much narrower.

Lineage

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. plebeja Liebmann. 1853.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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