Astros Branch - American Begonia Society

 
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Pictorial Key to Selected Begonia species
Subkey 4

2-2. Blades basifixed.
    4-1. Blades divided or strongly lobed. (cleft, parted or compound)
       5-1. Blade nerves digitate.
          6-1. Inflorescence dichotomous at base, exclusive of pedicels.


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.


American

B. aconitifolia

[4;12-2 / 5;13-2]

B. aconitifolia (with less sploching; sometimes called B. sceptrum)

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B. kenworthyae

[4;40-2 ]

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B. leathermaniae

[4;7-1]

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B. leathermaniae variation from FWBG

[ ---]

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B.luxurians

[4;5-1]

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B. ludwigii

[4;41-1]

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B. metallica

[4;24-1 31;54-1 ]

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B. olbia

[4;32-2 ]

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B. paranaensis

[4;21-1]

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B. platanifolia

[4;32-1 / 5;13-1 / 32;7-2 / 32;24-1 / 32;45-1]

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B. wollnyi

[4;60-1]

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Other American begonia species found but not pictured.
involucrata [4;72-2 / 32;17-1]
lobata [4;18-1]
octopetala [4;17-2 //7;2-1 / 8;12-1 / 8;57-1]
olbia [4;32-2]
paranaensis [4;21-1]
parviflora [4;30-1 / 4;59-1 / 19;7-2 / 32;6-1 ]
rufa [4;18-1a]


African

B. oxyloba

[ 4;53-1 ]


Asian B. deliciosa

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B. deliciosa

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Plant and pictures of Jack Golding

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B. emeiensis


Flower picture and Plant of Lauri Gray Boundsall, July, 2007 [4;53-2a]

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B. multangula

[4;23-1 / 34;37-1 / 34;44-1 ]

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B. pedatifida


Plant and pictures of Lauri Gray Bounsall, July 2007. [4;51-1 ]

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B. taliensis

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Plant and photo of Gene Salisbury

Other Asian begonia species found but not pictured.
circumlobata [ 4;56-2 / 4;63-1 ]
digyna [ 4;55-2 ]
edulis [ 4;68-1 ]
hemsleyana [ 4;2-1 ]
pedatifida [ 4;51-1 ]
palmata var. difformis [ --- ]