Begonia chishuiensis T.C.Ku

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

Herbs, rhizomatous. Rhizomes 4-6 mm in diam. Leaves basal; stipules membranous, caducous; petiole 6-9 cm, densely brown hirsute; blade narrowly ovate to broadly lanceolate, slightly asymmetric, 4.5-10 × 3-5 cm, abaxially hirsute, adaxially hispidulous and hirsute, venation palmate-pinnate, 5-or 6-veined, base shallowly cordate, margin minutely denticulate, apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences 9-15 cm tall, 2-4-flowered, glabrous; bracts caducous. Staminate flowers: pedicel 1-1.3 cm; tepals 2 or ?3, broadly ovate, ca. 10 × 9 mm; stamens numerous; filaments free, ca. 1 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm. Pistillate flowers: pedicel 1-1.3 cm; tepals 2 or ?3, oblong-obovate, ca. 1.6 × 1 cm; ovary ovoid, glabrous or subglabrous, 2-loculed; placentae axile, bilamellate; styles 2, stigmas 2-cleft, spiraled. Capsule nodding, oblong, ca. 9 mm, unequally 3-winged; abaxial wing broadly falcate, ca. 1.3 × 0.8 cm, apex rounded; lateral wings smaller, lunate. Fl. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Begonia chishuiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:984314-1
WFO ID wfo-0000823642
COL ID 7SF57
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Synonyms

Begonia chishuiensis