Begonia rostrata

Begonia rostrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Rostrobegonia
Species: Begonia rostrata

Name

Begonia rostrata Welw. ex Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 578 (1871).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia chevalieri Warb. ex A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 177 (1912).
  • Begonia elliotii Gilg ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 620 (1921).
  • Begonia rostrata var. argutiserrata R.Fern., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 44: 11 (1970).
  • Begonia rostrata var. brachyptera R.Fern., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 44: 10 (1970).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Angola; Cabinda; Congo; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Mauritania; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Togo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Welwitsch, F.M.J., 1871. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:578. 1871
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia rostrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia rostrata. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 16 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia rostrata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia rostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

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