Species
B. lyallii var. pubescens
Photos
4 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. lyallii var. pubescens
- Form Variety
- var. pubescens
- Author
- M. Keraudren, Fl. Madagascar
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Habitat
- endemic. East: Mount Ambohitsitondroina, peninsula of Masoala, Paulian Jard. Bot. Tan., 62. Sambirano: Ambanja, Paulian Jard. Bot. Tan., 28; Jard. Bot. Tan., 101 p.p. Center: Amber Forest, about 1200 m, Humbert 32156; Amber Forest, Bosser 20357; between Vohemar and Ambilobe, Decary 14690, Marojejy Massif, near Doanyanala Pass, Humhert 23116; Marojejy Massif, from the Ambatoharanana Valley to the Upper Antsahaberoka Basin, Humbert 31623, 31775; Andranomadio, road from Sambava to Andapa, Bosser 20101; Anjanaharibe Massif, West of Andapa, Course 3889, Humbert 24497: Marojejy Massif, East Ambalamanay II, Andapa District, Humbert 22096, 22249; Lokoho Valley, Mount Beondroka, north of Maroambihy, Humbert 23419; Tsaratanana, Perrier de la Bathie 16474. Habitat: Middle to high altitude rain forest, often on laterites, alt. 700-1200 (2400) m.
- Country
- Madagascar
- Region
- Africa
- Section
- Nerviplacentaria
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- Fl. Madagascar 144:78, pl. 22:fig. 10. 1983.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Flore de Madagascar et des Comores; M. Keraudren-Aymonin & Aymonin G. 1983. — Begoniaceae. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 123 p. vol. 144-145).
Plant
- Description
- A typo et aliis varietatibus differt caulibus petiolisque longis pilis ornatis, lamina superne extus nerviis pilis vermiculiformibus ornata, inferne tantum nervis pilosis. Petiole covered with fine, red hair, often very dense, equal to the diameter of the petiole and may give it a woolly appearance at the junction with the limb. Leaf blade more or less covered with small dense hairs, tawny or white, vermiculiform on the dry, regularly distributed, especially on the veins on the inferior face, especially between the veins on the upper face. Leaf blade 5 X 3 to 18 X 13 cm, often acuminate, has 1-3 triangular lobes or entire; margins finely dentees, rarely whole. Tepals of flowers sometimes exceeding 15 mm wide. - Pl. -, p. 7 5.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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