Begonia acutitepala K.Y.Guan & D.K.Tian

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

Herbs, 10-30 cm tall, tuberous. Leaves 1 or 2(or 3), basal; stipules not seen; petiole 20-30 cm; blade green on both surfaces, broadly cordate, 14-20 × 10-15 cm, papery, base deeply cordate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence 10-30 cm, hirsute, villous, tomentose; flowers pink; bracts green, broadly ovate, 1-1.2 cm, margin entire. Staminate flowers: pedicel 1.5-6 cm; tepals 4, apex acute, outer 2 ovate-lanceolate, inner 2 obovate or spatulate, ca. 1.2 × 0.6 cm, apex obtuse; stamens numerous; anthers obovoid-globose, apex concave. Pistillate flowers: pedicel ca. 3 cm; tepals 5, unequal, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, abaxially tomentose, apex acute or obtuse; ovary sparsely tomentose, 3-loculed; placentae axile, bilamellate; styles 3; stigmas spiraled. Capsule ellipsoid, unequally 3-winged; abaxial wing triangular, ca. 1 cm, apex truncate; lateral wings smaller, lunate. Fl. Sep-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Begonia acutitepala world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1014341-1
WFO ID wfo-0000823256
COL ID 7SDLZ
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Synonyms

Begonia acutitepala