Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham.

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 : 306

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.881.2175
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10617471
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B26B4B-FE94-FEC8-FDF4-FC1AA9F9EC3D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
status

Treatment

Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham. View in CoL View at ENA

Linnea 5: 603 ( Schlechtendal & Chamisso 1830). – Gireoudia heracleifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch, Bericht View in CoL über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 125 ( Klotzsch 1854).

– Type: MEXICO • Hacienda de la Laguna , Baranca de Tioselo ; 1828; Schiede 729; syntype: B [ B100243034 ].

de Candolle (1864: 335); Brako & Zarucchi (1993: 193); Vásquez et al. (2005: 112–125).

Specimens examined

PERU – Loreto Region • Iquitos and vicinity , 120 m a.s.l.; Oct. 1929; L. Williams 3550; F • La Victoria on the Amazon river ; Aug.–Sep. 1929; L. Williams 3179; F . – Pasco Region: Prov. Oxapampa • Dist. Oxapampa, A los alrededores de Oxapampa colecta de plantas ornamentals de diferentes jardines; 10°34′54″ S; 75°24′26″ W; 1800 m a.s.l.; R. Rojas, E. Becerra, G. Castillo, L. Chuck, A. Peña & C. Rojas 4338; HOXA. GoogleMaps

Notes

This species is distributed from Honduras to Nayarit State in western Mexico but widely cultivated beyond its natural range, including in Peru. All the specimens we have seen from Peru are from settlements and B. heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham. does not seem to be widely naturalised.