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 33-34 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                          31-2. Petioles glabrous or glabrescent. 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. Americas B. dichotoma [31;21-2 / 34;41-1 ] ---------------------------- B. mazae [33;37-1, 33;45-1 ] ---------------------------- B. oaxacana [30;86-1 / 34;64-1 ] Photo of P. McMillian ---------------------------- B. odorata [32;102-1 / 34;78-1 ] ------------------------------- B. reniformis [4;23-2 / 29;17-1 / 31;36-2 / 34;39-2 / 34;59-1 ] ---------------------------- B. sanguinea [18;45 / 30;117-1 / 34;71-1 ] ---------------------------- B. tomentosa [29;72-1 ] ---------------------------- B.valida [32;13-2 / 34;5-1] ---------------------------- Other American begonia species found but not pictured. fissistyla [ 33;42-1 ] cobana (is sartorii) [ --- ] lobulata (is sartorii) [ --- ] longipes (reniformis) [ --- ] suaveolens (is odorata) [ --- ] sulcata (is dichotoma) [ --- ] vitifolia (is reniformis) [ --- ] vitifolia var. bahiensis (is reniformis) [ --- ] vitifolia var. grandis (is reniformis) [ --- ] African B. johnstonii [34;54-2 ] ------------------------------------ Others African begonia species found, but not pictured. homonyma [ 33;11-1 ] rudatisii (is homonyma) [ --- ] Asian ---------------------- B. chitoensis [ 34;65-2 / 34;86-2 ] ------------------------------- B. roxburghii [34;71-2] -------------------------------- Picture and Female flower of Lauri Gray Boundsall, July 2007 ------------------------------------- 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 ]