B. filipes

Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Plants erect, glabrous, annual, about 30 cm. high or less; leaves small, short-petiolate, oblong-ovate, acuminate, very oblique at the base and broadly rounded on one side, duplicate serrate; inflorescences small and few-flowered, the flowers greenish white; pistillate flowers 4-lobate; petals none in the staminate flower; capsule 5 mm. long, the largest wing 8 mm. long, the others much reduced. Var. puberula C. DC. (op. cit. 266; Terraba, Tonduz 3910) is a form in which the leaves are sparsely pilosulous on the upper surface. It is questionable whether this species is distinct from B. filipes.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Origin: America, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela
• Originator: Benth.
• Date of Origin: 1845