Species
B. oaxacana var. oaxacana
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. oaxacana var. oaxacana
- Form Variety
- var. oaxacana
- Author
- A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
- Publication Date
- 1859
- Habitat
- Forests of Barba, Tonduz 1332. Reported from numerous localities in the Meseta Central and on the slopes of Barba and Poas; region of Dota; at 1,800 meters or less. The typical form of the species is from Guatemala.
- Country
- Mexico to Guatemala
- Region
- America
- Section
- Parietoplacentalia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Synonyms and Comments
- luxii C. de Candolle, Bot. Gaz. 20:541. 1895. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:58. 1958.; luxii C. de Candolle var. pilosior C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:266. 1896.; serrulatoala C. de Candolle, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8:321. 1 908. ; pubipedicella C. de C andolle, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12):7. 1919.; oaxacana A. de Candolle var. pilosula . 1859.; plagiata Linden ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):312. 1864; candollei Ziesenhenne.
- Reference
- Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:127. 1859; Prodr. 15(1):312. 1864. — Burt-Utley & McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3:678-9. 2001. ; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:185-86. 2005.
- Photo References
- In situ Mountains south of Cartago - Cerro de la Muerte
Plant
- Description
- Higher elevations, requires moist conditions - Rekha Morris Reported as B. luxii in 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 and more or less branched; leaves petiolate, the blades transverse ovate, acuminate, unequally cordate at the base, 11 cm. long and 5 cm. wide or smaller, serrulate, palmately 6-nerved, more or less pilosulous on both surfaces; inflorescences few-flowered, shorter than the leaves or little exceeding them; sepals of the staminate flower 2; pistillate flowers 3-lobate; capsule glabrous, with 2 or 3 wings, one of the wings slightly broader than the others.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
luxii C. de Candolle, Bot. Gaz. 20:541. 1895. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:58. 1958.; luxii C. de Candolle var. pilosior C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:266. 1896.; serrulatoala C. de Candolle, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8:321. 1 908. ; pubipedicella C. de C andolle, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12):7. 1919.; oaxacana A. de Candolle var. pilosula . 1859.; plagiata Linden ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):312. 1864; candollei Ziesenhenne.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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