Begonia rostrata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Rostrobegonia
Species: Begonia rostrata

Name

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Begonia rostrata Welw. ex Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 578 (1871).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Begonia chevalieri Warb. ex A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 177 (1912).
    • Begonia elliotii Gilg ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 620 (1921).
    • Begonia rostrata var. argutiserrata R.Fern., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 44: 11 (1970).
    • Begonia rostrata var. brachyptera R.Fern., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 44: 10 (1970).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • Angola; Cabinda; Congo; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Mauritania; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Togo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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  • Welwitsch, F.M.J., 1871. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:578. 1871
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]
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Vernacular names

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