BEGONIA BOLIVIENSIS
Author:
A.L.P. Pyramus de Candolle, 1859
Family:
BEGONIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
A. DC. (1859). In: Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 11: 122.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Begonia argentinensis, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, 1898.
Begonia boliviensis var. latitepala, Irmsch.
Begonia boliviensis var. volcanensis, L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
This member of the Begoniaceae family was given this name by Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle in 1859. It is found in Bolivia and Argentina, growing in a well drained soil or simply grit, with quite some water and only little or no sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to fifty centimetres in height. The flowers are bright red.
The genera name after Michel Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of French Haiti/Santa Dominica. The species name referees to the origin: Bolivia.
Flower
Bright Red
Soil
Grit
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium
