Begonia estrellensis C.Dc. ex Donn.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Begoniaceae > Begonia

Characteristics

rather abruptly narrowed to a slender acumination (to 1 cm. long), acute to cuneate at base with the broader half produced 1 mm. beyond the narrower, re-motely denticulate, glabrous, foveolate, 5-6.5 (-9.5) cm. long, 1.7-2.3 (-3.3) cm. wide, petioles to 12 mm. long, glabrous, stipules early deciduous, only scars seen. Inflorescences pedunculate and cymose, terminal and axillary. Staminate pedicels to 18 mm. long. Tepals regularly 4, the outer ovate, obtuse, to 6 mm. long and 5.5 mm. broad, the inner elliptic, to 5 mm. long and 2 mm. wide. Stamens numer-ous, free, the connective produced. Pistillate pedicels slender, glabrous, to 20 mm. long. Tepals 2, ovate, broadly acute, to 10 (-16) mm. long and 8 mm. wide. Ovary glabrous, puncticulate. Styles 3, bifid, broadly expanded above the base. Capsule unequally tri-alate, the largest wing to 10 mm. wide, ascending, acute.
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Woody vine. Stem elongate, glabrous. Leaves pinnately veined, ovate-elliptic,
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Begonia estrellensis world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30530-2
WFO ID wfo-0000823948
COL ID 7SFK5
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Synonyms

Begonia estrellensis