Species
B. atroglandulosa ssp. tshelaensis
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. atroglandulosa ssp. tshelaensis
- Form Variety
- ssp. tshelaensis
- Author
- Sosef, Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Place
- Congo: Mayombe. Zaire: Tshela region.
- Habitat
- Terrestrial or on rocks in forest; in rocky ravines; on vertical road banks, wet rocks or on very wet vertical face of a cavity in the rock; found in association with Hymenophyllaceae and Begonia lacunosa; at around 500 m. altitude.
- Country
- Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo
- Region
- Africa
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. quadrialata auct. non Warburg: De Wildeman & Th. Durand, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér.1, Bot.: 1:25. 1900; B. potamophila auct. non Gilg: Wilczek, Fl. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi :33. 1969. —M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):154. 1994.
- Reference
- M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 91,"1991." 1992; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):154, fig. 16.3. 1994.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p154-5 (1994)
- Photo References
- M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 91(4): 91, fig. 2,"1991." 1992; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p155 (1994)
Plant
- Description
- Differs from the typical subspecies by: Leaf-blade narrowly elliptic or narrowly ovate to transversely broadly elliptic-ovate, 0.9-9.0 x 0.3-6.2 cm, with 3-7 palmate main nerves. Peduncle up to 14 cm long. Pedicel of the female flower elongated in fruit up to 6 mm; perianth segments white with red nerves at the base inside; styles 1.7-2.1 mm long; beak up to 3.3 mm long. Fruit 5.3-13.0 x 1.6-4.0 mm.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. quadrialata auct. non Warburg: De Wildeman & Th. Durand, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér.1, Bot.: 1:25. 1900; B. potamophila auct. non Gilg: Wilczek, Fl. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi :33. 1969. —M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):154. 1994.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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