Astros Branch - American Begonia Society

Alphabetical listing of Begonia species - N, O, P

B. prismatocarpa
Data in this table is in the following order:      ---------------Horticultural clasification; Continent, Section, Country of Origin, chromosome number; References (see Reference Page for code )

  • natalensis Hooker WJ. , 1855 , is dregei var dregei Otto & Dietrich , 1836
    ------------------------- semituberous ; Africa , Augustia , Africa, So., Natal , --- ; B74 a064 , , , B97 r088

  • naumoniensis Irmscher , 1913
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare large ; Asia , Petermannia , New Guinea , 30 ; , B00 d232 , , B70 d-Oct

  • nelumbiifolia Schlechtendal & Chamisso , 1830
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire large ; Americas , Gireoudia , Mexico, Costa Rica , 28 ; , B00 p204 , B97 d106 , B78 r037

  • neoharlingei Smith LB. & Wasshausen DC. , 1985
    ------------------------- tuberous ; Americas , --- , Ecuador , --- ; B85 ap011 , , ,

  • neopurpurea Smith LB. & Wasshausen DC. , 1983
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , Philippines , --- ; , , ,

  • nepalensis var nepalensis (de Candolle A.) Warburg , 1894
    ------------------------- rhizomatous at/below erect ; Asia , Monopteron , Nepal , --- ; B90 a061 , , , B02 p136

  • nigrescens Van Houtte & Otto , 1852 , is heracleifolia var. heracleilfolia Schlechtendal & Chimisso , 1830
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; , , , B97 r114

  • nigricans Bailey LH. , 1923
    ------------------------- --- ; , -------- , ----------- , --- ; , , , B97 r074

  • nigritarum (Kamel) Steudel , 1821
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , Diploclinium I , Philippines , --- ; , B92 d034d066 , B90 d139 , B88 d206

  • nigrovenia Regel , 1867 , is glandulosa Hooker WJ. , 1861
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Americas , Platycentrum , Mexico , --- ; B81 a178 , B83 d103 , , B98 r230

  • nigrovenia hort. Linden ex Hooker , 1861 , is glandulosa Hooker WJ. , 1861
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Americas , --- , Mexico , --- ; B81 a178 , B86 d048 , ,

  • nitida Dryander , 1789 , is minor Jacquin , 1789
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , Begonia , Jamaica , --- ; , B95 d208 , , B85 r014

  • nitida Wikstrom , 1827 , is odorata Willdenow , 1813
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; , , , B95 r087

  • notata Carib , 1928
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , Diploclinium II , Siam , ; , , ,

  • novogranatae de Candolle A. , 1864
    ------------------------- tuberous ; Americas , --- , Venezuela, Colombia , --- ; , B97 d146 , ,

  • nummulariifolia (was nummulariaefolia) Putzeys , 1853
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , -?- , Colombia , --- ; , , , B97 r074

  • nurii Irmscher , 1929
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , Reichenheimia I , Malaysia, Philippines , 44 ; , B72 d101 , , B70 d-Oct

  • nymphaeifolia Yu TT. , 1918
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • oaxacana var. oaxacana de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , --- , Mexico , --- ; , B96 d180 , , B92 r066

  • oaxacana var. stenoptera Smioth LB. & Schubert BG. , 1961
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , --- , Costa Rica, Panama , --- ; , , ,

  • obliqua Linnaeous , 1753
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , Begonia , Martinique , --- ; , , ,

  • obliqua auct.non Linnaeus Van den Heede , 1903 , is acutifolia Jacquin , 1787
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , Begonia , Lesser Antilles , --- ; , B97 p008 , , B88 r207

  • obovatistipula de Candolle C. , 1914
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , --- , Paragray, Argentina , --- ; , , , B72 r075

  • obscura Brade , 1957
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , --- ; , B94 d068 , B02 d147 , B92 r066d068

  • obsolescens Irmscher , 1951
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • octopetala var. octopetala l'Heritier , 1788
    ------------------------- tuberous low ; Americas , Eupetalum , Ecuador, Peru , 28 ; , B95 p208 , B99 d047 , B85 r014

  • odeteiantha Handro , 1969
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , ~56 ; B78 a091d161 , B92 D034 , , B73 r030

  • odorata Willdenow , 1813
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , Begonia , Guadeloupe, W. Indies , --- ; , B97 d052 , ,

  • olbia Kerchove , 1883
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed hairy medium ; Americas , Knesebeckia , Brazil , 28 ; B78 a006 , B97 p043 , , B83 r127

  • oligandra Merrill & Perry , 1943
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , New Guinea , --- ; , B78 d200 , ,

  • olsoniae Smith & Schubert , 1965
    ------------------------- shrub-like compact ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , 56 ; BL01 04r09 , B94 d068 , , B92 r066

  • opuliflora Putzeys , 1855
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , Ruizopavonia ? , America C., Panama , --- ; , B99 p232 , , B02 r091

  • orchidiflora Griffith , 1848
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , -?- , India , --- ; , , , B78 r065

  • oreodoxa Chun & Chun ex Wu CY. & Ku , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , Platycentrum ? , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • organensis Brade , 1944
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , Begonia , Brazil --- ; , , ,

  • ottonis Walpers , 1843 , is guaduensis Kunth , 1825
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; , Ruizopavonia , --- , 28 ; , B78 d134 , , B70 d-Oct

  • ovatifolia de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- tuberous low ; Asia , Diploclinium III , India , ; , , ,

  • oxyanthera Warburg , 1895
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Africa , Tetraphila , Africa , --- ; , , , B83 r075

  • oxyloba Welwitsch ex Hooker JD. , 1871
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Africa , Mezierea , Africa W. , --- ; , B85 d137 , , B83 r118

  • oxyphylla de Candolle A. , 1859 , is arborescens Raddi var. oxyphylla (de Candolle A.) Smith SF. , 1999
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; Americas , - , Americas , 56 ; , B72 d101 , , B92 r066

  • oxysperma de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Asia , --- , Philippines , --- ; , B83 d024,d117 , , B92 r066

  • paleata Schott ex de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- shrub-like compact ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , 38 ; B89 ap005 , B96 d145 , B01 d048p093 , B98 d189

  • palmaris de Candolle A. , 1859 , is biserrata var. biserrata Lindley , 1847
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , --- , Mexico , --- ; , B72 d085 , ,

  • palmata Don D. var. difformis (Irmscher E.) Golding J. & Karegeannes C. , 1984
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , Platycentrum , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • palmata Don D. var.crassisetulosa (Irmscher E.) Golding J. & Karegeannes C. , 1984
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , Platycentrum , China , --- ; , , , B99 r092

  • palmata var. henryi (Levl.) Wu CY. , ---
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , Platycentrum , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • palmata var. palmata Don D. , 1825
    ------------------------- rhizomatous surface/color ; Asia , Platycentrum , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , , B92 r066

  • palmeri Watson S. , 1886
    ------------------------- tuberous ; Americas , --- , Mexico , --- ; , B85 d018 , ,

  • palmifolia hort. ex Buxton , 1932 , is reniformis Dryander , 1791
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed bare large ; , --- , Brazil , --- ; , , , B78 r010

  • papillosa Lindley , 1841 , is bufoderma Smith LB. & Wasshausen DC. , 1983
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; , - , --- , --- ; , , ,

  • paranaensis Brade , 1944
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed bare large ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , 56 ; , B80 p193 , B99 d184 , B90 r153

  • parilis Irmscher , 1953
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed bare medium ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , 56 ; , B98 d087 , , cvn r

  • parodiana Smith & Schubert , 1941
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , --- , Argentina , --- ; , B72 d074 , ,

  • partita Irmscher , 1961 , is dregei var. dregei Otto & Dietrich , 1836
    ------------------------- semituberous ; Africa , Augustia , Africa, So. , --- ; , B97 p088 , B97 d110 , B83 r138

  • parva Merritt P. , 1912
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Asia , Diploclinium I , Philippines , 36 ; B73 a155 , , , B72 r101

  • parviflora Schott ex Steudel , 1840 , is minicarpa Hara H. , 1972
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed ; Americas , --- , Brazil, Ecuador , --- ; , B92 d070 , B00 d232 , B74 r132

  • parvifolia Schott , 1827
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , --- ; , , , B74 r063

  • parvula Leveille & Vaniot , 1906
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • parvuliflora var. parvuliflora de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , Diploclinium II , Burma , --- ; , , , B96 r027

  • parvuliflora var. pubescens de Candolle A. , 1864
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , -------- , Singapore , --- ; , , , B96 r027

  • patula Haworth , 1819 , is fischeri var. fischeri Schrank , 1820
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , --- , Brazil,Honduras , --- ; , B78 d080 , , B83 r073

  • paucilobata Wu YC. , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • paulensis de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , ~52 ; , B98 p152 , BL00 10pd05 , B02 d108

  • pavonina Ridley , 1909
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire medium ; Asia , Platycentrum ? , Malaysia , 22 ; , B92 d225 , B74 d086 , B73 d013

  • pearcei Hooker JD. , 1865
    ------------------------- tuberous low ; Americas , Eupetalum , Bolivia , 26 ; , B95 d165 , , B92 r066

  • pedata Liebmann , 1852
    ------------------------- rhizomatous cleft erect ; Americas , Quadriperigonia , Mexico , --- ; , B96 p009 , B96 d009 , B02 r096

  • pedatifida Leville , 1909
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B02 p136 , B00 d031 ,

  • pedunculosa Wallich , 1830
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , India , --- ; , , , B96 r027

  • peii Wu YC. , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • peltata Otto & Dietrich var. auriformis (de Candolle) Golding J. , 1981
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , Gereoudia , Mexico , ; , , ,

  • peltata var. peltata Otto & Dietrich , 1841
    ------------------------- shrub-like hairy felted ; Americas , Gereoudia , Mexico , ; , , ,

  • pennellii Smith & Schubert , 1941 , is erythrocarpa de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; , , , B83 r102

  • pentaphylla Walpeers , 1843
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , --- , Brazil , --- ; , B89 d057 , ,

  • peponifolia Brongniart AT. , 1842 , is barkeri Knowles & Wescott , 1840
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; , Gireoudia , --- , --- ; , , ,

  • peruviana de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- shrub-like hairy narrow ; Americas , Ruizopavonia , Peru , --- ; , B90 d030 , , B83 r102

  • petasitifolia Brade , 1971
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , --- ; , B94 p133 , B99 d147 , B84 d087

  • petropolitana Glaziou , 1909 , is egregia Brown NE. , 1887
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed ; Americas , Tetrachia , Brazil , --- ; , , ,

  • philodendroides var. philodendroides Ziesenhenne R. , 1954
    ------------------------- rhizomatous at/below erect ; Americas , --- , Mexico , 28 ; , B73 d127 , , B99 r182

  • phoeniogramma Ridley , 1917
    ------------------------- tuberous ; Asia , --- , Malaysia , --- ; , B92 d226 , , B97 r019,175

  • phyllomaniaca Martius , 1852 , is 'Phyllomaniaca' ( a cultivar ) , ---
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; B90 a206 , B73 ap007 , ,

  • physandra Merrill & Perry , 1943
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , New Guinea , 28 ; , B72 d101 , , B70 d-Oct

  • picta Smith JE. , 1807
    ------------------------- tuberous low ; Asia , Diploclinium II , India , 22 ; , B98 d189 , , B84 d010

  • pilifera de Candolle A. , 1864 , is sericoneura Liebmann , 1853
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed trunk-like/non-ramified ; Americas , Gireoudia , America C. , --- ; , B92 d035d069 , B73 d130 , B84 d087

  • pilosa Jack , 1822
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , Indonesia, Sumatra , --- ; , , , B98 r054

  • pinetorum de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire medium ; Americas , Gireoudia , Mexico, Guatemala , 28 ; B81 a178 , B99 d236 , , B92 r066

  • pingbienensis Wu YC. , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • piresiana Handro , 1964
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , --- , Brazil , --- ; , B78 pd018 , ,

  • pittieri de Candolle C. , 1908 , is heydei de Candolle C. , 1895
    ------------------------- shrub-like hairy narrow ; , --- , --- , --- ; , , , mt

  • platanifolia Schott , 1827
    ------------------------- cane-like ; Americas , Knesebeckia , Brazil , 60 ; , B72 d102 , , Bb92 r055

  • platanifolia Schott var. acuminatissima Kuntze , 1898 , is leathermaniae O'Reilly T. & Karegeannes C. , 1983
    ------------------------- cane-like superba large ; Americas , Knesebeckia , Bolivia , --- ; , B00 d220 , , B99 r182

  • platanifolia var. ohlendorffiana Schott , 1878 , is olbia Kerchove , 1883
    ------------------------- --- ; , Knesebeckia , --- --- ; , , ,

  • plebeja Liebmann , 1852
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire erect ; Americas , Gireoudia , Mexico, Nicaragua , 28 ; , B92 d108r066r069 , B98 d189 , B70 d-Oct

  • pleiopetala de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- --- ; Americas , --- , Bolivia, Peru , --- ; , B71 d210 , ,

  • plumieri de Candolle A. var. barahonensis Schulz OE. , 1911
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , --- , Santo Domingo , --- ; , B92 d108 , ,

  • plumieri var. plumieri de Candolle A. , 1864
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; Americas , Begonia , Haiti, Santo Domingo , --- ; , B73 d037 , ,

  • poculifera var poculifera Hooker JD. , 1871
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Africa , --- , Africa , 38 ; B87 ap072 , B70 d-Oct , , B83 r074

  • poggei Warburg , 1895 , is eminii Warburg , 1894
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed bare medium ; Africa , --- , Africa , --- ; , , , B74 r151

  • polyantha Ridley , 1917 , is sychnantha Smith LC. and Wasshausen DC. , 1984
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; , --- , , ; , , ,

  • polygonata Liebmann , 1853
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed trunk-like/non-ramified ; Americas , --- , Mexico , 28 ; , , , B70 d-Oct

  • polygonoides Hooker JD. , 1871
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Africa , Tetraphila , Africa W, Tropical , 36 ; B83 a065 , B00 p199 , , B84 d010d048

  • polytricha Wu YC. , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • popenoei Standley , 1930
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire large ; Americas , Weilbachia ? , America C.,Honduras , 28 ; , B96 d220 , , B73 r036

  • populifolia Kunth , 1825 , is balmisiana var. balmisiana Balmis , 1794
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; B83 a012 , , ,

  • porteriana (was porterana Fischer) Fischer , 1842 , is humilis Dryander var. porteriana de Candolle A. , 1861
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare mid ; Americas , --- , Americas , 60 ; , B72 d102 , , B70 d-Oct

  • portillana Watson S. , 1887
    ------------------------- tuberous ; Americas , --- , Mexico , --- ; B85 a085 , , ,

  • potamophila Gilg , 1904
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Africa , --- , Africa, Cameroon , --- ; , B88 p161 , B83 d117 ,

  • princeae Gilg , 1901
    ------------------------- tuberous tall ; Africa , Augustia , Africa , 26 ; , B87 d023 , B90 d137 , B72 d101

  • princeps var. princeps de Candolle A. , 1861
    ------------------------- thick-stemmed thickset ; Americas , --- , Americas , 48 ; , B72 d101 , , B70 d-Oct

  • pringlei Watson S. , 1891
    ------------------------- rhizomatous lobed small ; Americas , --- , Costa Rica, Mexico , 28 ; , B92 d034 , B72 d102 , B73 r163

  • prismatocarpa Hooker JD. , 1862 , is prismatocarpa Hooker WJ. ssp prismatocarpa Sosef M. , 1994
    ------------------------- rhizomatous lobed small ; Africa , Loasibegonia , Africa W., Equatorial Guinea , 32 ; B89 a033 , B72 d101 , , B80 r180
  • procumbens Vellozo , 1831 , is radicans Vellozo , 1831
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Americas , Solananthera , Brazil , --- ; , B92 d069 , B88 d043 , B80 r194

  • prostrata Irmscher , 1939
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 p081,092 , ,

  • pruinata (Klotzsch) de Candolle A. , 1864
    ------------------------- rhizomatous entire/subentire medium ; Americas , --- , Costa Rica , 28 ; , B92 d109 , B96 d032 , B74 r152

  • pseudodryadis Wu YC. , 1995
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • pseudoisoptera Irmscher , 1929
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , Malaysia , --- ; , B91 p028 , , B98 r209

  • pseudolubbersii Brade , 1957
    ------------------------- cane-like mid ; Americas , Gaerdtia , Brazil , --- ; , B78 d162 , , B99 r147

  • psilophylla Irmscher , 1951
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • pubescens Ridley , 1906
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , Borneo , --- ; , B90 p144d189 , , B92 r070

  • pulchella Raddi. , 1820
    ------------------------- shrub-like ; Americas , Pritzelia , Brazil , 56 ; B89 ap005 , B96 d032 , , B70 d-Oct

  • purpurea Swartz , 1788 , is jamaicensis de Candolle A. , 1859
    ------------------------- --- ; , --- , --- , --- ; , B95 d137 , ,

  • purpurea --- , --- , is macdougalli 'Purpurea' hort. is thiemei de Candolle C. , 1895
    ------------------------- rhizomatous ; Americas , --- , Brazil , --- ; , , ,

  • purpureofolia Huang SH., Shui YM. , 1994
    ------------------------- --- ; Asia , --- , China , --- ; , B99 d092 , ,

  • purpusii Houghton ex Ziesenhenne R. , 1960
    ------------------------- trailing/scandent ; Americas , --- , Mexico , 28 ; , B87 d074 , B72 d102 , B92 r066

  • pustulata Liebmann , 1852
    ------------------------- rhizomatous pustular type ; Americas , Weilbachia , Mexico , 38 ; , B78 p033 , B72 d102 , B92 r066

  • pusulata var. argentea --- , ---
    ------------------------- --- ; , - , --- --- ; , , ,

  • putzeysiana de Candolle A. , 1859 , is foliosa var. foliosa Kunth , 1825
    ------------------------- shrub-like bare small ; Americas , Lepsia , Venezuela , --- ; , B78 d104 , , B83 r071

  • pygmaea Irmscher , 1961
    ------------------------- semituberous ; Africa , --- , Africa, E. , --- ; , B74 pd040 , , B83 r105

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