Begonia rubricaulis Hook.

Moonlight, Peter. W., Jara-Muñoz, Orlando A., Purvis, David A., Delves, Jay, Allen, Josh P. & Reynel, Carlos, 2023, The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru, European Journal of Taxonomy 881, pp. 1-334 : 308

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10617476
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scientific name	Begonia rubricaulis Hook.
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Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4131 ( Hooker 1844). – Huszia rubricaulis (Hook.) Klotzsch, Gattungen und Arten 1854: 139 ( Klotzsch 1855) .

– Type: unknown.

de Candolle (1864: 283); Smith & Schubert (1941b: 85).

Notes

The protologue for this species states that the country of origin for this species is unknown ( Hooker 1844), but it was cited by de Candolle (1864: 283) as Peruvian. Begonia rubricaulis Hook. is endemic to Argentina ( Tebbitt 2015).

References

de Candolle A. P. 1864. Begoniaceae. In: de Candolle A. P. (ed.) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (1): 266 - 408. V. Masson & fils, Paris.

Hooker W. J. 1844. Begonia rubricaulis, red-scaped Begonia, or Elephant's ear. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4131.

Klotzsch J. F. 1855. Begoniaceen. In: Klotzsch J. F. (ed.) Gattungen und Arten 1854: 121 - 255. Berlin.

Smith L. B. & Schubert B. G. 1941 b. Revision de las especies Argentinas del genero Begonia. Darwiniana 5: 78 - 117. https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 23212166

Tebbitt M. C. 2015. Two new species of Andean tuberous Begonia in the B. octopetala group (Begoniaceae). Novon 23 (4): 479 - 489. https: // doi. org / 10.3417 / 2013027