Taxon:
Begonia octopetala LʼHér.
Summary
Place of publication:
Stirp. nov. 101. 1788
Verified:
11/13/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Doorenbos, J. et al. 1998. The sections of Begonia. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 98-2:247.
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Golding, J. & D. C. Wasshausen. 2002. Begoniaceae, edition 2. Part 1: annotated species list. Part II: illustrated key, abridgement and supplement. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43:105.
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Azuay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Bolívar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cañar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cotopaxi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ancash | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huancavelica | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | La Libertad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Piura | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martín | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Cotopaxi, Loja, Pastaza], Peru [Ancash, Cajamarca, Huancavelica, Huánuco, La Libertad, Lima, Piura, San Martín]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |