Herbarium catalogue
Family: Begoniaceae
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Begonia keithii Kiew
Isotype of Begonia keithii Kiew
Collector/Expedition: Kiew, Ruth
Collection number: RK 4327
Collection date: 9th May 1997
Country/Territory: Malaysia:Sabah
Collecting locality: Malaysia:Sabah:Semporna, Gua Segarong
Habitat: In exposed positions on rocks near summit.
Description: Bushy cane Begonia forming clumps, stem to 1.5m tall; base c.1cm thick and brown, upper part shiny and carmen as though lacquered, branching along length of stem, branches semi-erect, petioles crimson but not glossy, leaf margin reddish, back of some leaves suffused crimson, upper side mid-dark green sometimes grey-mottled and then all reen brittle, female flowers solitary, ovary pale green with edge of wings suffused red, tepals 5 whitish suffused reddish, inner much smaller, stigma pale yellow green, up to 3 produced before sparsely branched male infloresences are produced from upper axils, peduncle carmen, tepals 2+2, outer pair scintillating white with carmen through, smaller ones white, anthers same pale yellow-green as stigma, fruit dangling on thin thread-like pedicel.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00879806
Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)
Number of sheets: 1
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