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Pictorial Key to Selected Begonia species
Subkey 4
2-2. Blades basifixed.
4-1. Blades divided or strongly lobed. (cleft, parted or compound)
5-1. Blade nerves digitate.
6-1. Inflorescence dichotomous at base, exclusive of pedicels.
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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. aconitifolia
[4;12-2 / 5;13-2]
B. aconitifolia (with less sploching; sometimes called B. sceptrum)
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B. kenworthyae
[4;40-2 ]
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B. leathermaniae
[4;7-1]
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B. leathermaniae variation from FWBG
[ ---]
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B.luxurians
[4;5-1]
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B. ludwigii
[4;41-1]
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B. metallica
[4;24-1 31;54-1 ]
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B. olbia
[4;32-2 ]
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B. paranaensis
[4;21-1]
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B. platanifolia
[4;32-1 / 5;13-1 / 32;7-2 / 32;24-1 / 32;45-1]
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B. wollnyi
[4;60-1]
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Other American begonia species found but not pictured.
involucrata [4;72-2 / 32;17-1]
lobata [4;18-1]
octopetala [4;17-2 //7;2-1 / 8;12-1 / 8;57-1]
olbia [4;32-2]
paranaensis [4;21-1]
parviflora [4;30-1 / 4;59-1 / 19;7-2 / 32;6-1 ]
rufa [4;18-1a]
African
B. oxyloba
[ 4;53-1 ]
Asian B. deliciosa
[ --- ]
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B. deliciosa
[ --- ]
Plant and pictures of Jack Golding
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B. emeiensis
Flower picture and Plant of Lauri Gray Boundsall, July, 2007
[4;53-2a]
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B. multangula
[4;23-1 / 34;37-1 / 34;44-1 ]
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B. pedatifida
Plant and pictures of Lauri Gray Bounsall, July 2007.
[4;51-1 ]
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B. taliensis
[ ]
Plant and photo of Gene Salisbury
Other Asian begonia species found but not pictured.
circumlobata [ 4;56-2 / 4;63-1 ]
digyna [ 4;55-2 ]
edulis [ 4;68-1 ]
hemsleyana [ 4;2-1 ]
pedatifida [ 4;51-1 ]
palmata var. difformis [ --- ]