Species
B. brachybotrys
Photos
4 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. brachybotrys
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA: Bernhard Camp, ldenburg River, Brass 14112 (TYPE), April 1939, alt. 55 m., bank of a small stream in rain-forest (herb 80 cm. high; flowers pink). BRITISH NEW GUINEA: Mafulu, Brass 5429, November 1933, alt. 1250 m., oak forest ground cover (about 50 cm. high; stems, petioles and peduncles red; leaves dark green; small pink flowers and red fruits).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. brachyptera Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 29:160. 1948.—M.C. Tebbitt & J.H. Dickson, Brittonia 52(1):114. 2000. New Guinea. Fig. 33.15.
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:56, pl. 6j-m. 1943.—M.C. Tebbitt & J.H. Dickson, Brittonia 52(1):114. 2000; JGSL9/08;
Plant
No populated fields in this section.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. brachyptera Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 29:160. 1948.—M.C. Tebbitt & J.H. Dickson, Brittonia 52(1):114. 2000. New Guinea. Fig. 33.15.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Begonia brachybotrys sp. nov § Petermannia. Fig. 6, j- m. 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 Herba 80 cm. alta: caule glabro in sicco sulcato; foliis tenuiter chartaceis glabris, 10-20 cm. longis, 6-16 cm. latis, oblique ovato-ellipticis, apice abrupte breviter acuminatis, basi latere exteriore in lobum latum cordatum productis, interiore breviore cordato-rotundato, costa et petiolo angulum 130-140° formantibus, palmatim 7-9 nerviis, nervis a basi 1/3 longitudinis dichotomo-ramosis, margine subsinuatis ± serrato-denticulatis; petiolo glabro ± 15 cm. longo, folii laminae fere aequilongo; stipulis caducis probabiliter bractcis similibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus flores ♂ et ♀ gerentibus, axi 1-3 cm. longa, ramis brevissimis; bracteis novellis 1.5 cm. longis ovatis obtusis caducis; floribus ♀ : pedicello ± 2 cm. longo; tepalis 2 glabris rotundatis 1 cm. longis latisque; staminibus 50- 60, filamentis inaequalibus usque 1.5 mm. longis, antheris 0.8 mm. longis late ellipticis retusis, rimis antherae subaequilongis; fioribus ♀ : pedicello ± 2 cm. longo; tepalis 5 ellipticis 9 m. longis, apice rotundatis; stylis 3 basi connatis sursum liberis 3 mm. longis, apice in crura 2 circiter 1 mm. longa patenti-erecta spiraliter papillosa fissis; ovario 6-7 mm. longo ellipsoideo, alis 3 subaequalibus; capsula 1.5 cm. longa, 1.6-1.8 cm. lata, alis apice horizontaliter truncatis obtusis, basi 3 mm. ultra loculos productis, 3-4 mm. medio latis. This species should be compared with Begonia strictiformis lrmsch. from the North Celebes; the Papuasian material is glabrous with axillary inflorescences, fewer stamens, and leaves minutely denticulate.