Species
B. randiana
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. randiana
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- BRITISH NEW GUINEA: East Mount Tafa, Brass 4136, May 1933, alt. 2100 m., in a moist forest gully (compact small fleshy shrub ± 50 cm. high; branches purple-red and whole plant covered with long red hairs; petals pinkish White); Mount Tafa, Brass 4989 (TYPE), September 1933, alt. 2400 m., plentiful in damp mountain-side hollow (densely foliaged fleshy shrub about 1 m. high; branchlets, petioles and peduncles red; flowers White); Mafulu, Brass 5508, November 1933, alt. 1100 m., floor plant in lower level forests, rare (low spreading shrub 50-70 cm. high; indumentum red; flowers pale pink).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:47, pl. 3c-d. 1943.; JGSL9/08
Plant
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Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University MERRILL & PERRY, PLANTAE ARCHBOLDIANAE, XI v. 24 (1943): Page 41-59 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33600 Planta suffruticosa usque 1 m. alta, ramosa, ex toto ferrugineo-hirsuta; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, 5- 10 cm. longis et 1.5- 3 cm. latis, apice acutis, basi latere exteriore in lobum brevem (5 mm. longum) cordatum productis nervis basalibus 2 vel 3, interiore rotundatis nervo basali uno, lateralibus utrinsecus 4 vel 5 ascendentibus, margine irregulariter duplicato-serratodentatis vel interdum inciso-lobatis; petiolo ± 5 mm. longo; stipulis lanceolatis 8 mm. longis, apice abrupte caudatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus flores ♂ atque ♀ gerentibus ± 5 cm. longis paucifloris; floribus ♂: pedicello 1-2 cm. longo; tepalis 2 ovatis late obtusis 1.5- 2 cm. longis; staminibus 20-25 basi 2 mm. connatis, filamentis 1-1.5 mm. longis, antheris 1.6 mm. longis oblongis leviter obovatis obtusis, rimis ¼ antherae aequalibus; floribus ♀: tepalis 5 oblongo-lanceolatis, 1.8 cm. longis et 6 mm. latis, obtusis; stylis 5 mm. longis 3, basi breviter connatis sursum liberis, apicem versus in crura 2 brevia (2 mm. longa) ascendentia spiraliter papillosa fissis; ovario late ellipsoideo 8 mm. longo, alis 3 subaequalibus, margine superiore horizontaliter truncatis, basi rotundatis, 4 mm. medio latis; capsula cernua 1.3 cm. longa, 1.5 cm. lata. The collection designated as the type differs from the other two chiefly in its leaf-margins being less deeply incised. In general habit, the species seems to approach closely Begonia fruticella RidI., but it is quickly distinguished from that species by having wings similar in size and shape. Dedicated to Dr. A. L. Rand, assistant leader of the Expedition.