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Subkey 2-3


Subkey 4


Subkey 5


Subkey 6


Subkey 7-12


Subkey 14


Subkey 15-21


Subkey 22-24


Subkey 25


Subkey 26


Subkey 27-28


Subkey 29-30


Subkey 31-32


Subkey 33-34


Pictorial Key to Selected Begonia species
Subkey 14

2-2. Blades basifixed.
    4-2. Blades shallowly lobed to entire (entire, subentire, or lobed).
       7-1. Blades straight with the midnerve continuing the direction of the petiole.
          8-2. Nerves pinnate.
             15-1. Stem repent or scandent


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  • Listings of each species in the Begoniaceae Keys, Editions 1 and 2, are shown in [brackets].
    See notes at the bottom of the main key for an explanation of this notation.


American

B. lanceolata


[13;9-1]
lanceolata as attenuata[13;7-2]

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B. fulvo-setulosa


Pictures and Plant of Lauri Gray Boundsall, July 2007 [13;8-2]

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B. glabra


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Photos of P. McMillian, Clemson Univ.
[14;14-2]

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B.herbacea

[13;8-1 ]

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B.holtonis

[14;71-1 / 17;24-1 ]

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B. listada

[ 14;63-1 29;73-2 32;50-1 ]

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B. velloziana

[13:7-1 ]

Other American begonia species found but not pictured.
depauperata [ 13;4-1 ]
fruticosa [ 14;7-1 / 14;49-1 / 15;17-1 / 15;23-2 ]
parilis [ 14;10-2 / 14;69-2 / 15;17-2 ]
scandens (is glabra) [ --- ]


African

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B. eminii

[14;30-1]

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B. longipetiolata (sometimes called B. crassipes)

[ 14;24-2 ]

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B. longipetiolata (sometimes called B. gracilipetiolata)

[14;21-1]

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B. polygonoides

[14;37-2 / 16;16-1 / 16;65-2 ]

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Others African begonia species found, but not pictured.
bogneri [ 15;6-1 ]
capillipes [ 14;75-1 21;36-1 ]
elaeagnifolia [ 14;24-1 ]
jussiaeicarpa is oxyanthera [ 14;73-1 ]
kisuluana [ 14;78-2c ]
mannii [ 14;30-2 16;34-2 ]
squamulosa [ 14;18-2 ]


Asian

B. lunatistyla

[14;34-1 / 14;42-1 / 14;61-2 / 21;81-2 ]

Other Asian begonia species found but not pictured.