Species

B. bracteosa

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Genus: Begonia
Name: B. bracteosa
Author: A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
Publication Date: 1859
Place: Junin
Habitat: Mountain forests. Cuzco: Machu Picchu, 2,400 meters, Vargas 3169; West 6416; Balls 6818. Prov. Paucartambo, between Tambomayo and Pillahuata, 1,800-2,200 meters, West 7115. Paucartambo Valley, 2,400 meters, Vargas 83.-Indefinite: Herb. Hooker (type).
Country: Peru
Region: America
Section: Cyathocnemis
Chr 2n: 52
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Reference: Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:132. 1859; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Jun 1975; The Begonian, Aug 1976;
Photo References: The Begonian, Jun 1975; The Begonian, Aug 1976;

Description: Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v. 13: pt. 4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Erect caulescent herb, 3- 25 dm. high, glabrous, very variable. Leaves strongly oblique or transverse, broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, cordate at base, rounded elsewhere, 7-13 cm. long, margin undulate, crenate-serrate, short-ciliate, petioles 3- 9 cm. long, stipules deciduous, ovate with a narrow mucronate apex. Cymes mostly terminal, densely or laxly many-flowered, peduncles 9- 17 cm. long. Bracts soon deciduous, the lowest broadly elliptic, 15 mm. long, entire, membranaceous. Pedicels very slender, 5-25 mm. long. Flowers rose. Staminate tepals 2, suborbicular, 8-13 mm. long. Stamens numerous, free, anthers oblong, equaling or exceeding the filaments, the connective produced. Pistillate tepals 2, 4-6 mm. long. Pistils 3, deeply 2-parted, the stigmas linear, spiral, continuous, placentae bilamellate, ovuliferous on all sides. Capsule 7- 14 mm. long, very unequally 3-winged, the largest wing ascending, ovate or subtriangular, obtuse, to 2 cm. wide.

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