Species
B. alnifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. alnifolia
- Author
- A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
- Publication Date
- 1859
- Place
- Norte de Santander
- Habitat
- Costa Rica - Common in forest, Meseta Central to the Atlantic lowlands, 100- 1,600 meters; Atlantic slopes of Guanacaste; region of San Ramon. Extending to Colombia.
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- America
- Section
- Ruizopavonia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:133. 1859; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Jan-Feb 1986;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Jan-Feb 1986; The Begonian, Mar 1979;
Plant
- Description
- Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Plants usually erect and often much branched, 2 meters high or less, glabrous throughout or nearly so; leaves short-petiolate, oblong ovate, acuminate, very unequally cordate at the base, finely denticulate, penninerved, with about 12 nerves on each side; flowers white or pink, in small or large cymes; staminate sepals 4 mm. wide; capsule 6-7 mm. long, one of the angles protracted into a broad, rounded wing almost 1 cm. wide, the other 2 angles narrowly winged. A rather showy and characteristic plant in forests of the temperate region and less frequent at lower elevations
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
1
Female parent: B. radicans
Culture
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