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

      1. Begonia laporteifolia Warb.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Cameroon.

    [FWTA]

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

    Habit
    A creeping herb
    Flowers
    Flowers white, pink at base.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Cameroon

    Begonia laporteifolia Warb. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9639], Cameroon K000108090
    Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9664], Cameroon K000108091
    Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4231], Cameroon K000108087
    Nov 1, 1991 Cameroon K000242537 isotype
    Nov 1, 1991 Preuss, P.R. [563], Cameroon K000050468 isotype
    Jan 1, 1991 Brenan, J.P.M. [9423], Cameroon K000050467

    First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 41 (1895)

    Accepted by

    • 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: 618 (1921).
    • Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 22: 41 (1895)

    Sources

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    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/
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