B. tovarensis

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, succulent, sometimes a meter high, the stems red, glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, rather small, rounded at the apex or very obtuse, subcordate and slightly unequal at the base or sometimes deeply cordate, undulate or crenate, sparsely pilose, more or less tomentose beneath on the nerves, palmately nerved; peduncles short and few-flowered, the flowers bright pink, 4- 6 mm. long; staminate sepals 2; pistillate flowers 5-lobate; capsules 1-2 cm. long, glabrous, one of the wings large and broad, obtuse, the other 2 narrower. A showy and handsome plant, often forming large and conspicuous colonies in open marshes. Var. ocanensis A. DC., reported from Cienaga de Agua Buena, Canas Gordas, Pittier 11179, is a form in which the leaves are much more densely tomentose beneath.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Unknown
• Botanical Section: Ephemera
• Origin: America, Central America & Mexico
• Originator: Klotzsch.
• Date of Origin: 1855