B. ignea var. ignea

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 tall, erect, branched, the stems and petioles glandular-pilose; leaves large, petiolate, the blades broadly and obliquely ovate, palmately 4- 5-nerved and lobate, serrate, shallowly cordate at the base, more or less hispid-villous on both surfaces, the lobes acute; cymes few flowered or broad and many-flowered, the pedicels pilose, the flowers pink, about 1.5 cm. long; sepals pilosulous; capsules pilose, 2 cm. long, the largest. wing about 1 cm. wide, the 2 others slightly narrower. Var. tuberosa C. DC. (Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 35, pt. 1: 267. 1896; San Juan, Tonduz 1299 bis), characterized by having a large tuber, is probably no different from the typical form.

• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Tuberous
• Botanical Section: Knesebeckia
• Origin: America, Guatemala, Costa rica
• Originator: Warcewicz ex A. de Candolle, Prodr.
• Date of Origin: 1864