Family: Begoniaceae
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Begonia sericoneura Liebm.
Determinations:
Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Begonia sericoneura Liebm.Det.E00679365Moonlight, P.W. 9th June 2014Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Collector/Expedition: Pérez-Espona, Sílvia
Collection number: 15
Collection date: 23rd April 2002
Country/Territory: Belize:Cayo
Collecting locality: Belize:Cayo:Monkey Tail River bank, Chiquibul Forest Reserve
Latitude: 16°44'25''N, Longitude: 88°56'9''W
Habitat: Rainforest
Description: Herb. Stem circular, 30-35cm long, 2cm wide, green and soft inside, almost woody outside (dark green, golden) with abundant adventitious roots, showing scars of old leaves. Petioles of old leaves softer than the ones of young leaves. Young leaves thin, soft and waxy. On the upper side darker green close to the veins, with abundant red hairs on the under side and some hairs on the upper side. The old leaves shiny and glabrous. Pedicels of the inflorescence pinkish and hairy. Fruit 3-winged, one of the wings larger that the other two.
Miscellaneous notes: Growing with other herbs and ferns on a slope of sandstone rock under the shade of tall trees. Most abundant trees in the area were Ceiba, Brosimum alicastrum, Corynostylis arborea, Trichilia minutiflora, Spondias mombin, Schilozobium parahiba and strangler fig trees.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00679365
Herbarium region: 14 (Central America)
Number of sheets: 1
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