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Species

B. multinervia

Photos

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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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