Links to all Key pages Alphabetical listing of all pictured species Main Key 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 31-32 2-2. Blades basifixed.     4-2. Blades shallowly lobed to entire (entire, subentire, or lobed).        7-2. Blades oblique or transverse with the midnerve making a distinct angle with the petiole.              22-2. Leaves separated by distinct internodes                 25-2. Stems erect.                    27-2. Inflorescence dichotomously or more branched                       29-2. Blades less that twice as long as wide                          31-1. Petioles vestite. Notes: Click any picture to see an enlarged view. Click "back" to return to this page. 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. domingensis [32;87-1] ---------------------------- B. epipsila [29;68-1 / 29;73-1 / 32;74-1 ] ---------------------------- B. fernando-costae [32;100-1 ] ---------------------------- B.gehrtii [32;63-1] ---------------------------- B. hispida var. cucullifera as B. hispida [ 29;25-1 / 31;49-1] ----------------------------- B. involucrata ---------------------------- Photos of P. McMillian [4;72-2 / 32;17-1 / 33;15-1 ] ---------------------------- B. mollicaulis [31;50-2 ] ---------------------------- B. obliqua [32;41-1 / 32;101-1 ] ---------------------------- B. odorata [32;102-1 / 34;78-1 ] ------------------------------- B. sartorii (sometimes called sarcophylla) [ 32;24-2 / 32;86-1 ] B. scabrida [31;16-1 ] ---------------------------- B. scharffiana [ ] ---------------------------- B. scharffii [29;21-1] ---------------------------- B. toledoana [32:36-2 ] Plant and pictures of Ronit Band ---------------------------- B. tomentosa [29;72-1 ] ---------------------------- B. venosa [29;71-1 / 32;60-2 ] ------------------------------- Other American begonia species found but not pictured. domingensis [ 32;87-1 ] kuhlmannii [ 32;54-1 ] multinervia [ 32;86-2 33;47-2 ] sarcophylla is sartorii [ 32;24-2 32;86-1 ] cobana (is sartorii) [ --- ] lobulata (is sartorii) [ --- ] longipes (reniformis) [ --- ] sarcophylla (is sartorii) [ 32;24-2 32;86-1 ] sartorii (as sarcophylla) [ 32;24-2 ] suaveolens (is odorata) [ --- ] sulcata (is dichotoma) [ --- ] vitifolia (is reniformis) [ --- ] vitifolia var. bahiensis (is reniformis) [ --- ] vitifolia var. grandis (is reniformis) [ --- ] African Others African begonia species found, but not pictured. keniensis [ 31;34-1 / 32;10-1 ] Asian B. areolata [32;49-1] ------------------------------- B. robusta [32;4-1 / 32;31-1 ] ------------------------------- B. roxburghii [34;71-2] ------------------------------------------ Other Asian begonia species found but not pictured. beccariana [ 31;38-2 32;15-1 ] rockii [ 31;23-1 ] sychnantha [ 31;4-1 32;52-2 ] areolata [ 32;49-1 ] nepalensis [ 32;84-2 ]