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Begonia sutherlandii
sutherlandii
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Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
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Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Begonia flava sensu Binns, loc. cit. |
| Common names: | |
| 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. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| 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 shade on rock faces and on trunks of large trees in forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1450 - 1830 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 29 March 2019 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 115. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Begonia sutherlandii Kupicha, F.K. (1978). Begoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 503. Wilczek, R. (1969). Begoniaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 50 - 51. also as var. minuscula |
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