B. piurensis

Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v.13: pt.4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Herba perennis, ad 1 m. alta, glabra, caulescens; foliis valde asymmetricis, transverse ovatis, acuminatis, 6.5- 14.5 cm. longis, ad 6 cm. latis, basi late cordatis, 4- 5-nervis, marginibus undulatis, crenato-serratis, petiolis ad 45 mm. longis, stipulis ignotis; cymis laxe dichotomis, submultifloris, axillaribus, pedunculis 65 mm. longis; bracteis deciduis, late ovatis, integris, 4 mm. longis; pedicellis gracilibus, 15- 24 mm. longis; floribus roseis vel fere albis; tepalis masculinis 4, exterioribus late ovatis, subacutis, 9 mm. longis, interioribus anguste obovatis, 8 mm. longis; staminibus liberis, antheris ellipticis, quam filamenta multo brevioribus; tepalis femineis 5, subaequalibus, obovatis, subacutis, 9 mm. longis; stylis 3, profunde bifidis, stigmatibus spiraliter cinctis; placentis bipartitis, undique ovuliferis; capsulis 11 mm. longis (alis inclusis), alis subaequalibus, late subtriangularibus, obtusis, basi decurrentibus, ad 8 mm. latis; Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v. 8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 Chimborazo: plants 1-·2 m o, from heavy tuberous base, stems rooting above tuber, stems red, leaves pale green above, usually reddish below, perianth seg­ments white with red veins, or in some plants deep pink; moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt, canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft. E-3294. Same, stem and leaves pale green and flowers pure white, relatively few plants mixed in with number E-3294, probably genetically controlled, E-3294B. New to Ecuador.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Knesebeckia III
• Origin: America, Ecuador
• Originator: L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.
• Date of Origin: 1941