Species
B. scapigera ssp. scapigera
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. scapigera ssp. scapigera
- Form Variety
- ssp. scapigera
- Author
- (J. D. Hooker) M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Place
- Eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and northern Gabon.
- Habitat
- On rocks, cliffs, stream banks and road banks, often near a stream or waterfall; in shaded to deeply shaded sites; in primary forest; at 560-1250 m altitude.
- Country
- Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Region
- Africa
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. scapigera J. D. Hooker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:572. 1871
- Reference
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1): 202. Fig. 16. 17. 1994.; JGSL9/08; YBG
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:197(key). 2005; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p199-202(1994)
- Photo References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p201(1994)
Plant
- Plant Height
- up to 35 cm high
- Stem Type
- Rhizome stout and compact, 2.5-9.4 mm wide (up to 15 mm in vivo), glabrous or with a ring of white hairs around the leaf axils; the apical part not or only slightly directed upwards.
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. scapigera J. D. Hooker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:572. 1871
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
1
Female parent: B. microsperma
Culture
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