B. heracleifolia var. heracleifolia

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ID 2289
GenusBegonia
Species CultivarB. heracleifolia var. heracleifolia
Form Varietyvar. heracleifolia
AuthorSchlechtendal & Chamisso, Linnaea
Publication Date1830
Date of Origin
Place
HabitatCultivated commonly in gardens, but probably not native in Costa Rica. Native in Mexico and apparently also in various parts of Central America as far south as Honduras.
CountryMexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
RegionAmerica
SectionGireoudia
Chr 2n24, 28?
Plant TypeRhizomatous
Synonyms and CommentsB. radiata Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. :182. 1833.; B. tanacetifolia hort. ex Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J.:182. 1833.; B. nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto, Hamburger Garten–Blumenzeitung 8:9. 1852. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :215. 1855; Begoniac. :94. 1855. "jatrophaefolia”, pro syn. Gireoudia heracleifolia Klotzsch var. viridis Klotzsch. 1855. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):335. 1864.; B. trigonoptera Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. :218. 1921;
ReferenceLinnaea 5:603. 1830. — W.J. Hooker, Boy. Mag. 64:pl. 3444. 1847. —Burt-Utley & McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3:671-2. 2001; JGSL9/08;
Article ReferencesEdwards's botanical register. London v. 20 (1835): http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9056; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:146-47. 2005;
Photo ReferencesMurotani, Begonia in Colour :84. 1983; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.113. 2005;Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;