Species
B. multinervia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. multinervia
- Author
- Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Habitat
- (Rio Platanar near Buenos Aires, Tonduz 6524). Jaris, 900 meters, Oersted. Common in forests of the tierra caliente, usually at 900 meters or less; region of San Ramon, ascending to 1,100 meters; La Hondura de San Jose. Perhaps endemic, although certain species described from other parts of Central America may be synonymous.
- Country
- Costa Rica, Panama
- Region
- America
- Section
- Gireoudia
- Plant Type
- Thick Stem
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. U115; B. glandulosa auct. non W. J. Hooker: A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):339. 1864—Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:744. 1937. —J. Golding, Phytologia 40:456. 1978.; B. cuspidata C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:260. 1896. —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:744. 1937. 1896;
- Reference
- Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :18. 1853.—J. Golding, Phytologia 40:457. 1978; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, May-Jun 1982;
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:183-84. 2005;
- Photo References
- Tebbitt, Begonias pl. 148. 2005; The Begonian, May-Jun 1982;
Plant
- Description
- Tolerates fairly dry conditions in semi-shade or much more sunlight - Rekha Morris 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 erect, more or less branched, glabrous; leaves long-petiolate, the blades broadly and obliquely transverse-ovate, mostly 15- 20 cm. long, shortly cuspidate-acuminate, shallowly cordate at the base, palmately 8-11-nerved; inflorescences equaling or longer than the leaves, usually broad and many-flowered, the flowers pink, 6 mm. long; sepals 2; capsules about 7 mm. long, the largest wing as much as 13 mm. long, broad, rounded at the apex, the 2 others greatly reduced. The leaves are sometimes red 011 the lower surface. The plant is a handsome and rather showy one.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. U115; B. glandulosa auct. non W. J. Hooker: A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):339. 1864—Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:744. 1937. —J. Golding, Phytologia 40:456. 1978.; B. cuspidata C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:260. 1896. —Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 18:744. 1937. 1896;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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