Family: Begoniaceae
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Begonia pedemontana Moonlight
Collector/Expedition: Moonlight, Peter Watson & Daza, Aniceto
Collection number: 159
Collection date: 2nd February 2016
Country/Territory: Peru:San Martín
Collecting locality: Peru:Departamento San Martín:Rioja Province. Road from Amazonas to Rioja, km 393
Latitude: 5°10'11''S, Longitude: 77°41'24''W
Habitat: Limey soil at the base of a limestone rock outcrop
Description: Erect herb to 25cm, stem trailing at base. Stem red, covered in white hairs, stipules green. Petioles as stems. Leaves light green above, often with red dot where the peitole meets the leaf and with red major veins, light green below. Peduncles light green. Tepals white, stamens and stigmas yellow. Young fruits green tinged red, old fruits dark borwn.
Miscellaneous notes: >1000 plants at site. Material for DNA, Seed and photograph also colelcted
Kind of specimen: SILICA-DRIED
Barcode: EGEN0004941
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/EGEN0004941
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Associated material:
Herbarium sheetE01045318
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