Species
B. prismatocarpa ssp. petraea
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. prismatocarpa ssp. petraea
- Form Variety
- ssp. petraea
- Author
- (A.Chev.) Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Place
- Ivory Coast: only known from the type locality.
- Habitat
- On granite rocks in primary, deeply shaded forest.
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Region
- Africa
- Chr 2n
- 32
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. petraea A. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mem.8d):173. “1911". 1912; B. prismatocarpa auct. non W. J. Hooker: A. Chevealier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1:298, 1920.
- Reference
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1): 179. 1994.; et in Belmontia 26: 179 (1994):.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p179-180 (1994)
Plant
- Description
- Differs from the typical subspecies by: Stellate scales absent. Fruit elliptic to obovate, 5.5-8.5 x 2.9-4.8 mm; the locular part 2.0-2.6 mm wide; wings ribbon-shaped or elliptic-obovate, 0.9-1.7 mm wide.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. petraea A. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mem.8d):173. “1911". 1912; B. prismatocarpa auct. non W. J. Hooker: A. Chevealier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1:298, 1920.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
No populated fields in this section.