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Begonia sutherlandii
latior
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Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
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| Synonyms: |
Begonia flava Marais |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, 10–35 cm. tall. Stems hairless or sparsely hairy, sparingly branched, arising from a large ellipsoid tuber. Leaves ovate to lanceolate in outline, 2·5–14 cm long, sparsely to fairly densely hairy; margin often very shallowly lobed, always strongly serrated; petioles 0·7–8 cm long; stipules ovate-oblong, 4–10 mm long, fimbriate; bulbils sometimes present in leaf-axils. Flowers in terminal and axillary branched inflorescences; peduncles 2–6 cm long; primary branches 1·3–2·5 cm long. Bracts obovate, 4–12 mm long, green, pink or brown, persistent and conspicuous. Flowers unisexual, orange or rarely yellow; male flowers with 4 tepals; female flowers with 5 tepals, ovary oblong, 4·5–9, 3-winged. Capsule ellipsoid or cylindrical, 6–28 mm excluding wings; wings triangular, 6–14 mm wide, subequal. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | sutherlandii: after Peter Cormack Sutherland (1822–1900), medical doctor from Aberdeen, Scotland, Surveyor-General of Natal and plant collector in South Africa but also in Canada. |
| Habitat: | In wet rock crevices, deep ravines, near waterfalls. |
| Altitude range: | 910 - 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 25 October 2017 |
| Literature: |
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 270 - 271. as Begonia sutherlandii (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1978). Begoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 503 - 505. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 29. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 35. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 68 - 69. as Begonia sutherlandii (Includes a picture). |
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