Species
B. ferramica
Photos
3 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ferramica
- Author
- N. Hallé, Adansonia II
- Publication Date
- 1967
- Place
- Gabon: Belinga.
- Habitat
- Terrestrial, often in large groups, in fissures, on rocks or sheer rock faces and ridges containing iron; in shaded or medium shaded sites in primary forest or below low trees and shrub; on comparatively dry sites, in cave-like sheltered places; at 700-1000 m altitude.
- Country
- Gabon
- Region
- Africa
- Section
- Scutobegonia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Reference
- Adansonia, II 7:511, pl. 2, 1967.—M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):237, fig. 17.8. 1994.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:197(key). 2005.
Plant
- Stem Type
- Rhizome usually slender or sometimes fairly stout and woody, somewhat elongated and often zigzag, 0.4-2.9 mm wide; the apical part ascending to erect to form a more or less distinct stem of up to 7 cm long.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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