Species
B. laporteifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. laporteifolia
- Author
- Warburg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
- Publication Date
- 1895
- Place
- Western Cameroon.
- Habitat
- Rare but locally common; terrestrial on the forest floor or on rocks or rock faces; on steep slopes of stream beds or near waterfalls; in shaded sites in primary or disturbed lowland rain forest; at 100-900 m altitude.
- Country
- Cameroon
- Region
- Africa
- Section
- Scutobegonia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. hypogaea Winkler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38:261. 1906.; B. schlechteri Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34:93. 1904.
- Reference
- Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22:41. 1895.—M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):254. Fig. 17.11. 1994.; JGSL9/08
Plant
- Plant Height
- up to 20cm
- Stem Type
- Rhizome rather stout to fairly slender, smooth to knotted, 1.7-5.7 mm wide, hirsute especially around the leaf axils; the apical part not or slightly ascending.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. hypogaea Winkler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38:261. 1906.; B. schlechteri Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34:93. 1904.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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