Species
B. augustae
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. augustae
- Author
- Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
- Publication Date
- 1913
- Habitat
- Western Oroville Camp Fly River 30miles above D'Albertis junction
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Chr 2n
- 44
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50:350, pl. 2. 1913.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Bris Donor No AQ0218419
Plant
- Description
- Begonia Augustae Irmsch. Bot. Jahrb. 50: 350, f. 2, A-G. 1913. 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 BRITISH NEW GUINEA : Oroville Camp, Fly River, Brass 7392, 7417, August 1936, plentiful on steep river bank of red clay (robust plant over 1 m. high; leaves dark green, very glossy above; flowers and fruit red in 7392, flowers white in 7417). Northeastern New Guinea. This should also be compared with Begonia sogerensis Ridl.
- Other Features
- distinctive foliage
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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