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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