Pictorial Key to Selected Begonia species
Subkey 25 - American N-Z, Asian and African
2-2. Blades basifixed.
4-2. Blades shallowly lobed to entire (entire, subentire, or lobed).
7-2. Blades oblique or transverse
with the midnerve making a distinct angle with the petiole.
22-2. Leaves separated by distinct internodes
25-1. Stems repent or pendent
26-1. Staminate tepals 2
Notes:
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- Listings of each species in the Begoniaceae Keys, Editions 1 and 2, are shown in [brackets].
See notes at the bottom of the main key for an explanation of this notation.
25;1-1. American species alphabetically listed,
A to M
25;1-2. American species alphabetically listed,
N to Z, Asian,and African species
American
B. pinetorum
Plant and Pictures of Ronit Band, July 2007.
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[22;6-1 ]
Photos of P. McMillian
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B. plebeja
[22;15-1* / 22;20-2* / 22;28-1* / 22;30-2* / 25-37-2 / ]
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B. plebeja (left) and u434 (right)
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B. pustulata
[22;50-1 / 32;66-1]
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B. sericoneura
[22;66-1 / 24;58-1 / 24;110 / 25;60-2 / 32;21-2 ]
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B. sericoneura (formerly called B. hypolipara)
[7:12-2]
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B. sericoneura (sometimes called B. pilifera)
[ --- ]
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B. sericoneura
Photo of P. McMillian
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B. soli-mutata
[9;5-1a ]
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B. sousae
[25;56-1a]
Photos of P. McMillian
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B. stigmosa
[22;49-1* / 22;54-1 ]
Photos of P. McMillian
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B. strigillosa
[22;42-1 / 22;58-2 / 25;45-1 ]
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peponifolia (is barkeri) [ --- ]
sousae [ 25;56-1a ]
tenuipila (is plebeja) [ --- ]
tenuipila var. kennedyi (is plebeja) [ --- ]
violifolia [ 25;22-1 25;48-1 ]
African
Species found but not pictured.
ampla [ 25;5-1 25;23-1 28;8-1 28;27-1 28;87-1 ]
Asia
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B. versicolor
[25;57-1 ]
25;1-1. American species alphabetically listed,
A to M
25;1-2. American species alphabetically listed,
N to Z, Asian,and African species
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