Species

B. staudtii

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Genus: Begonia
Name: B. staudtii
Author: Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
Publication Date: 1904
Place: South-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon.
Habitat: Terrestrial on moist sandy soil or epiphytic on low branches or decaying tree trunks, also on mossy rocks or rock faces; in semi-shaded to deeply shaded sites in often primary but sometimes secondary forest; often near rivers, in streambeds, near waterfalls or on moist rocks; in hygrophilous coastal evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forest (foret biafreenne) and riparian forest; at 50-800 m. altitude.
Country: Nigeria, Cameroon
Region: Africa
Chr 2n: 34
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: B. staudtii Gilg var. staudtii, Bot. Jahrb, Syst. 34:90. 1904; B. staudtii Gilg var. dispersipilosa Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76:214. 1954.
Reference: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34:90. 1904.—M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):210. Fig. 16.20, pl. 3c. 1994; JGSL9/08;
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:196-97(key). 2005; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p210-4 (1994);
Photo References: Begonian 76:224. 2009; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p210 (1994); The Begonian, Sep 1966;

Plant Height: up to 20(-30) cm high
Stem Habit: Rhizome rather stout, smooth to somewhat knotted, 2.0-8.5 mm wide, glabrous but espe- cially the younger parts and around the leaf axils hirsute; the apical part not or slightly ascending; scattered with minute glandular hairs, sparsely so.