B. carletonii

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 Type from the region of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Collected also in the Changuinola Valley, on the Costa Rican border, V. C. Dunlap 206. Plants with short, densely leafy rootstocks, emitting long, slender, rooting stolons, the stems sparsely setose-pilose; leaves long-petiolate, the petioles slender pilose; blades obliquely ovate, 6-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, long acuminate, obliquely and shallowly cordate at the base, finely sinuate serrate, palmately 8-nerved, sparsely setose-pilose on both surfaces; peduncles equaling the leaves, mostly 2- 3-flowered; ovary densely villous; staminate sepals 6 mm. long, sparsely pilose; capsule 7 mm. long, sparsely pilose, the largest wing 6 mm. broad, obtuse, the others much narrower.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Botanical Section: Gireoudia
• Origin: America, Central America
• Originator: Standl.
• Date of Origin: 1927