Species

B. macrocarpa

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. macrocarpa
Author: Warburg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
Publication Date: 1895
Place: Cameroon
Country: West & Central Africa
Region: Africa
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Synonyms and Comments: B. latistipula Engler, Veg. Erde 9(3.2):616. 1921, non Merrill. 1915. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:468. 1984. [ = B. gracilicaulis Irmscher. 1921], —Doorenbos, Sosef & de Wilde, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 98(2):238. 1998.; B. gracilicaulis Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1921.; B. pseudimpatiens Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34:93. 1904.; B. simii Stapf, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 27:104. 1905.; B. bruneelii De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér 5, Bot. 2:318, pl. 78:fig. 1. 1908.; Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér 5, Bot. 3:450. 1912.; B. romeensis De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér. 5, Bot. 2:321, pl. 78:fig. 2. 1908.; B. gouroana A. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mem.8d):176. “1911”. 1912.—Keay in Hutchinson & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2 1:219. 1954; B. zenkeri Warburg ex Exell, J. Bot. 67:197. 1929;
Reference: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22:43. 1895; JGSL9/08;
Photo References: Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 81 (123);

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Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. latistipula Engler, Veg. Erde 9(3.2):616. 1921, non Merrill. 1915. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:468. 1984. [ = B. gracilicaulis Irmscher. 1921], —Doorenbos, Sosef & de Wilde, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 98(2):238. 1998.; B. gracilicaulis Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1921.; B. pseudimpatiens Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34:93. 1904.; B. simii Stapf, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 27:104. 1905.; B. bruneelii De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér 5, Bot. 2:318, pl. 78:fig. 1. 1908.; Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér 5, Bot. 3:450. 1912.; B. romeensis De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér. 5, Bot. 2:321, pl. 78:fig. 2. 1908.; B. gouroana A. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mem.8d):176. “1911”. 1912.—Keay in Hutchinson & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2 1:219. 1954; B. zenkeri Warburg ex Exell, J. Bot. 67:197. 1929;

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Taiheiraku’

Male parent: B. glabra var. glabra

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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