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This species is accepted, and its native range is Ivory Coast to DR Congo.

[FWTA]

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

Habit
Herb with short creeping stem
Leaves
Leaves sometimes peltate
Inflorescences
Inflorescences shorter than petioles
Calyx
Sepals white, one with red markings inside.

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaïre

Begonia ciliobracteata Warb. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [444], Cameroon K000011197
Nov 1, 1991 Thomas, D.W. [5430], Cameroon K000050458
Nov 1, 1991 Dundas, J. [FHI 15325], Cameroon K000050457

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 40 (1895)

Accepted by

  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 616 (1921) (as B. ciliato-bracteata Warb.).
  • Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 22: 40 (1895)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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 2021. 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