Begonia subcoriacea: Difference between revisions

**Quick Species Info**
Species	subcoriacea
Region	Southwestern Guangxi
Country	China
Year Described	(YEAR)
Plant Type	Rhizomatous
Section	(NAME)
Chr 2n	2n = 30

Latest revision as of 05:08, 7 September 2023

Begonia subcoriacea

Species Information

Classification and Distribution

Begonia subcoriacea is a monoecious, epipetric perennial species that belongs to the Begonia genus.

Habitat

This begonia species thrives in broadleaved forests, particularly on semishady slopes of limestone hills.

Distribution

Begonia subcoriacea is very rare and is known only from a limestone hill in southwestern Guangxi, China.

Characteristics

Begonia subcoriacea features alternate, simple, asymmetric, subleathery leaves that are ovate or suborbicular. They have a strongly oblique cordate base and slightly denticulate and ciliolate margins.

Flower Details

Staminate flowers have four tepals, with the outer two being orbicular or ovate and greenish-yellow. Carpellate flowers also have four tepals, with the outer two being widely depressed ovate and greenish-yellow. The ovary is trigonous-ellipsoid and red, with three unequal wings.

Etymology

The specific epithet "subcoriacea" refers to the subleathery nature of the leaves.

Comparison to Similar Species

Begonia subcoriacea resembles B. liuyanii in certain aspects, such as small flowers and subleathery leaves. However, it differs in several characteristics, including leaf texture and tepal characteristics.

References

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Care

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Photos

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          | species = subcoriacea
-         | region = China (Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, Daxin Xian)
+         | region = Southwestern Guangxi
-         | year_published = N/A
+        | country = China
-         | Date_of_Origin = N/A
+         | year_published = (YEAR)
-         | plant_type = Epipetric Perennial
+         | Date_of_Origin = (YEAR)
-         | Chr_2n = 30
+         | plant_type = Rhizomatous
+        | section = (NAME)
+         | Chr_2n = 2n = 30
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 === Species Information ===
-==== Description ====
+==== Classification and Distribution ====
-- **Growth Habit:** Monoecious, epipetric, perennial, and rhizomatous.
+Begonia subcoriacea is a monoecious, epipetric perennial species that belongs to the Begonia genus.
-- **Rhizome:** Rather stout, 5-15 cm long, and 0.6-1.2 cm thick, with brown color, villous when young, and glabrate when old.
-- **Stipules:** Triangular-ovate or narrowly so, 1-2 cm long, and 0.8-1.4 cm wide, brownish, herbaceous, keeled or weakly so, with abaxial hairs, ciliate or ciliolate margin, and an arista of 3-4 mm.
+==== Habitat ====
-- **Leaves:** Alternate, simple, asymmetric, unlobed, widely ovate or suborbicular, with a strongly oblique cordate base and an inconspicuously irregularly repandly denticulate and ciliolate margin. The apex is shortly acuminate, and leaves measure (10-)12-20(-22) cm long (including basal lobes) and (8-)10-14(-17) cm wide. Adaxially, they are green and may have white maculation between major veins. Abaxially, they are pale green, yellowish green, or reddish, especially near major veins. The leaves are subcoriaceous, flat, adaxially glabrous, and abaxially tomentose on major veins and sparsely pilose on tertiary venation.
+This begonia species thrives in broadleaved forests, particularly on semishady slopes of limestone hills.
-- **Venation:** Basally 6-7-palmate with a distinct midrib and 1-3 major lateral veins on each side. Other primary veins dichotomously branch or nearly so, and tertiary veins are reticulate or percurrent. Minor veins are reticulate, with major (1° & 2°) veins on the abaxial surface prominently raised.
-- **Petiole:** Terete, 9-20 cm long, 3-7.5 mm thick, greenish or brownish, tomentose.
-- **Inflorescences:** Axillary, 1-6 in number, arising directly from the rhizome. They are diffusely cymose, branched 3-7 times.
-- **Flower Characteristics:** Staminate flowers number 20-60, while carpellate flowers number 10-32. Peduncles are well-developed and red, with reddish glandulose-pilose trichomes.
-- **Fruits:** Dehiscent capsules that are nodding and red when fresh. They measure 6.5-11 mm long and 5-6 mm wide (wings excluded). Lateral wings are 2-3 mm wide, and the abaxial wing is crescent-shaped or triangular, 2.5-5 mm high.
-- **Seeds:** Numerous, brown, ellipsoid, or ovoid-ellipsoid, measuring about 0.4-0.5 mm long and 0.27-0.3 mm across, with chalazal end rounded and micropylar end obtuse. Outer periclinal walls of mature seeds are concave, and collar cells are elongated and nearly rectangular.
 ==== Distribution ====
-Begonia subcoriacea is very rare and known only from a limestone hill in southwestern Guangxi, China.
+Begonia subcoriacea is very rare and is known only from a limestone hill in southwestern Guangxi, China.
+==== Characteristics ====
+Begonia subcoriacea features alternate, simple, asymmetric, subleathery leaves that are ovate or suborbicular. They have a strongly oblique cordate base and slightly denticulate and ciliolate margins.
+==== Flower Details ====
+Staminate flowers have four tepals, with the outer two being orbicular or ovate and greenish-yellow. Carpellate flowers also have four tepals, with the outer two being widely depressed ovate and greenish-yellow. The ovary is trigonous-ellipsoid and red, with three unequal wings.
 ==== Etymology ====
-The specific epithet "subcoriacea" indicates subleathery leaves.
+The specific epithet "subcoriacea" refers to the subleathery nature of the leaves.
+==== Comparison to Similar Species ====
+Begonia subcoriacea resembles B. liuyanii in certain aspects, such as small flowers and subleathery leaves. However, it differs in several characteristics, including leaf texture and tepal characteristics.
-==== Notes ====
+==== References ====
-Begonia subcoriacea shares similarities with B. liuyanii but differs in various characteristics, including smaller habit, adaxially glabrous leaves, tomentose abaxial leaves on major veins only, flat tertiary leaf venation, and outer tepals that are glabrous or subglabrous. The inflorescence is also dichasial cymose.
+List the sources and references used to gather information about this begonia species.
-=== References ===
+=== Care ===
-https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-Begonia-arachnoidea-B-um-braculifolia-B-subcoriacea_fig5_263105228
+Provide care instructions or tips for growing and maintaining this begonia species.
 === Photos ===
-[[File:(IMGNAME.jpg|thumb|center| (IMAGE INFO)]]
+[[File:(name).jpg|thumb|center|(IMAGE INFO)]]
+Include additional photos of the Begonia subcoriacea.
+=== External Links ===
+Add any relevant external links to websites or resources related to this begonia species.
-=== External Links ===
 [[Category:Species]]
 [[Category:Begonia Type]]
-[[Category:China]]
+[[Category:Southwestern Guangxi]]