Species
B. clypeifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. clypeifolia
- Author
- J. D. Hooker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr.
- Publication Date
- 1871
- Place
- Gabon and western Congo.
- Habitat
- Terrestrial on humid, clayey soils, usually on steep slopes or banks, sometimes on mossy rocks, decaying trees, or at up to 2 m above the soil level on mossy tree trunks; in shaded to deeply shaded sites in primary or sometimes in secondary evergreen rain forest, rarely in gallery forest and usually associated with streams or rivers; at 200-900 m altitude.
- Country
- Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo
- Region
- Africa
- Section
- Scutobegonia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. scutulum auct. non W. J. Hooker: van den Berg, agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 84(3):38-39, pl. 1.2, 13.2. 1985.
- Reference
- Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:576. 1871.—M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):227, fig. 17.4, pl. 2b, c & d. 1994.; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Mar-Apr 2012
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:197(key). 2005; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p227-30 (1994); The Begonian, Mar-Apr 2012
- Photo References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p228 (1994); The Begonian, Mar-Apr 2012
Plant
- Plant Height
- up to 30(-54) cm high
- Stem Habit
- Rhizome rather stout and usually elongated, sometimes far creeping, often knotted, 1.5-9.5 mm wide, the younger parts sometimes sparsely hirsute; the apical part directed upward to form a more or less distinct stem of up to 10(—20) cm high.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. scutulum auct. non W. J. Hooker: van den Berg, agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 84(3):38-39, pl. 1.2, 13.2. 1985.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
No populated fields in this section.