Species
B. sericoneura
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. sericoneura
- Author
- Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Place
- Chiapas, Oaxaca
- Country
- Central America
- Region
- America
- Section
- Gireoudia
- Chr 2n
- 28
- Plant Type
- Thick Stem
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. lanuginosa A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:131. 1859. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:468. 1984.; B. pilifera A.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):337. 1864.; B. nicaraguensis Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 4:237.1929.; B. biolleyi C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:263. 1896.; B. lindleyana auct. non Walpers: L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:11, pl. 2. 1946. —K. Burt–Utley, Phytologia 54:488. 1984.; B. hypolipara Sandwith. 1931.; B. U172; B. U173; B. U253;
- Reference
- Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1852:13. 1853.— K. Burt–Utley, Tulane Studies Zool. Bot. II5(1):97-102. 1985. — P.D. McMillan, G. Wyatt, & R. Morris, Acta Botanica Mexicana 75:77-99. 2006; JGSL9/08; YBG;
- Article References
- [Description from Burt-Utley, 1985];
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Mar-Apr, 2000;
Plant
- Description
- One of the most common Central American species; 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 Rhizomes thick and prostrate, rooting, densely covered with long-pilose stipules; leaves long petiolate, the petioles densely covered with long, brown hairs; blades obliquely ovate, thin when dried, about 8 cm. long and 11 cm. wide or larger, acuminate, rounded-cordate at the base, coarsely dentate or somewhat lobate, densely long-pilose, especially beneath; scapes much longer than the leaves, the cymes broad, many-flowered, long pilose; sepals 2 in both staminate and pistillate flowers, the staminate sepals 6 mm. long; capsule glabrous, 2 cm. long, acute at the base, the wings unequal, obtuse, the largest one subascending.
- Plant Habit
- Upright, eventually recumbent, then reroots becoming upright again
- Plant Height
- Up to 1 m
- Stem Type
- Trunk-like upright rhizome
- Stem Habit
- Non-branched above, new shoots from below soil
- Other Features
- Strongly lenticellate, moderately-to-densely villous
- Internodal Distance
- Usually short, occasionally elongate
- Sun Tolerance
- Often found in bright sun in the wild
- Plant Hardiness
- Relatively easy to grow
Lineage
4 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. lanuginosa A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:131. 1859. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:468. 1984.; B. pilifera A.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):337. 1864.; B. nicaraguensis Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 4:237.1929.; B. biolleyi C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:263. 1896.; B. lindleyana auct. non Walpers: L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:11, pl. 2. 1946. —K. Burt–Utley, Phytologia 54:488. 1984.; B. hypolipara Sandwith. 1931.; B. U172; B. U173; B. U253;
Descendants
4 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. thiemei
Male parent: B. carrieae
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. ‘Cowardly Lion’
Female parent: B. crassicaulis
Culture
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