Species
B. calliantha
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. calliantha
- Author
- Merrill & L. M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Habitat
- BRITISH NEW GUINEA: Mount Tafa, Mavi, Brass 4986 (TYPE in NYBG), September 1933, alt. 2225 m., bed of a small stream in forest (large fleshy shrub about 2 m. high; branches, petioles and peduncles with reddish brown hairs; flowering bracts suffused with red; petals carmine).
- Country
- New Guinea
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Reference
- J. Arnold Arbor. 24:47, pl. 3a-b. 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
- 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 suffruticosa circiter 2 m. alta; ramulis ± dense et crispule rufohirsutis; foliis 11-12.5 cm. longis et 4- 5 cm. latis, oblongo-ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis, apice acuminatis, acumine ±1 cm. longo, basi inaequalibus, latere exteriore in lobum brevem (6 mm. longum) rotundatum productis, nervis basalibus 3 vel 4, interiore late cuneatis vel leviter rotundato-cuneatis nervis basalibus 2, lateralibus utrinsecus 4 valde ascendentibus, margine indistincte duplicato-serrato-dentatis setulosis, supra glabris vel consperse minuteque glanduloso-pubescentibus, subtus dense minute pustulatis, costa venisque crispe ± dense pilosis; petiolo 0.5-1 cm. longo dense crispe hirsuto; stipulis 2-2 .5 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. Iatis, lineari-oblongis apice in setam 2-3 mm. longam sensim angustatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus circiter 7 cm. longis racemosis; floribus ♂ tantum visis; pedicellis 2 cm. longis crispe hirtellis, basi bracteis glabris 2.5-3 cm. longis et 1-1.2 cm. latis lanceolato-ellipticis apice setulosis; tepalis 2 glabris 3 cm. longis et 2.5 cm. latis, ovatis, basi retusis, apice obtusis; staminibus 50-60, filamentis basi 2 mm. connatis parte superiore liberis, exterioribus 0.5 mm. interioribus 1-1.5 mm. longis, anther is 2 .5-3 mm. longis oblongis obtusis, rimis ½ antherae aequilongis.