Species
B. prismatocarpa ssp. delobata
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. prismatocarpa ssp. delobata
- Form Variety
- ssp. delobata
- Author
- (Hook.) Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Place
- Western Cameroon mountains.
- Habitat
- Terrestrial on soil or on rocks or epiphytic on the base of tree trunks; in primary or secondary forest; near streams, on forested hillsides; at 400-1100 m. altitude.
- Country
- Cameroon
- Region
- Africa
- Chr 2n
- 32
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. prismatocarpa auct. non W. J. Hooker pro parte Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay, Fl. West Trop. Afr. ed. 2 1(1):219. 1954.
- Reference
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1): 179. 1994.; et in Belmontia 26: 179 (1994).; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94-1, p179 (1994)
Plant
- Description
- Differs from the typical subspecies by: Stellate scales absent. Leaves not lobed, caudate-acuminate to more or less grad- ually tapering towards the top in the apical part, 1.7-7.0 x 1.3-4.3 cm; margin shallowly dentate to entire; upper surface not hirsute. Perianth segments of the male flowers 4.6-11.5 x 4.0-7.4 mm; stamens 10-15. Wings on the ovary 0.1-0.9 mm wide. Fruit 7.4-13.0 x 1.3-3.1 mm; the locular part 1.3-3.1 mm. wide
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. prismatocarpa auct. non W. J. Hooker pro parte Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay, Fl. West Trop. Afr. ed. 2 1(1):219. 1954.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
No populated fields in this section.