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  1. Family: Begoniaceae C.Agardh
    1. Genus: Begonia L.

      1. Begonia annobonensis A.DC.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is São Tomé, Príncipe, Annobón, SW. Cameroon.

    [FWTA]

    Begoniaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

    Habit
    Erect epiphyte
    Calyx
    Sepals white tinged pink
    Ovary
    Ovary white with red wings.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is.

    Begonia annobonensis A.DC. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Dec 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [657], Cameroon K000011194
    Jan 1, 1985 Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.11], Cameroon K000050479
    Jan 1, 1985 Quintas, F. [144] K000242506 isolectotype
    Jan 1, 1985 Quintas, F. [143] K000242507
    Jan 1, 1985 Curror [9], Annobón K000242508 holotype
    Dec 1, 1977 Kwankam, F.G. [FHI 368], Cameroon K000050478

    First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 127 (1859)

    Accepted by

    • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea) Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
    • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • Exell Cat. S. Tomé 187.
    • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 618 (1921).
    • —F.T.A. 2: 578
    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea) Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.

    Sources

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0