Species
B. stilandra
Photos
3 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. stilandra
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA. 15 km. southwest of Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Brass 12301 (TYPE), January 1939. alt. 1750 m., occasional in rain-forest gullies (up to 1 m. high; petioles, nerves and margins of leaves, peduncles and pedicels, red; Flowers pink, streaked with red). 18 km. southwest of Bernhard Camp, ldenburg River. Brass 12499, February 1939, alt. 2000 m., undergrowth of a gully (plant 1 m. high; flowers pink, streaked with red).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:52, pl. 5a-d. 1943.; JGSL9/08
Plant
No populated fields in this section.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Begonia stilandra sp. nov. § Petermannia Fig. 5, a-d. 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 usque 1 m. alta glabra; ramuIis in siccco leviter striatis supra nodos angustatis; foliis 8-14 cm. longis, 3-5.5 cm. latis, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, acumine ±1 cm. longo, basi valde inaequalibus, latere exteriore in lobum 1.5-2.5 cm. longum rotundato-cordatum productis nervis basalibus 5, interiore rotundatis nervis basalibus 2, lateralibus utrinsecus 2 vel 3, margine duplicato-serrato-dentatis breviter setulosis; petiolo 2-4.5 cm. longo; stipulis caducis haud visis; inflorescentiis terminalibus XX 9 cm. longis pauciramosis flores ♂ atque ♀ gerentibus: bracteis caducis; floribus ♂: pedicello ± 1 cm. longo: tepalis 2 ovatis vel ellipticis, 1.7 cm. longis, 1-1.3 cm. latis; staminibus 20-25 fasciculatim in columnam 1- 2 mm. connatis, filamentis exterioribus 1 mm. interioribus 2 cm. longis, antheris 3 mm. longis oblongis emarginatis; floribus ♀: pedicello 2 (-5) cm. longo; tepalis 5 lanceolato-ellipticis ± 2 cm. longis, apice acutis: stylis 3 circiter 7 mm. longis, basi 1.5 mm. connatis, apice in crura 2 erecta 3 mm. longa spiraliter papillosa fissis; ovario 1.1 cm. longo ellipsoideo: alis subaequalibus 3, basi rotundatis, ultra ovarium 3 mm. productis, apice horizontaliter truncatis rotundatis, 3 mm. et 4 mm. meclio latis. At a glance, this species is scarcely to be distinguished from Begonia simulans Merr. & Perry, but a more careful examination shows the rather distinct character of the staminal column, the fewer and much longer anthers, and the less broadly winged fruit.