Begoniaceae
Begonia

Begonia oxyloba Welw. ex Hook.f.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 578 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 298.
  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 614 (1921).
  • in F.T.A. 2: 573 (1871)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.J.B.B. 63: 286, fig. 6, map (1994).
  • Cribb & Leedal, Mountain Fl. S Tanzania: 55, t. 8a (1982)
  • F.C.B., Begoniaceae: 13 (1969)
  • F.Z. 4: 500 (1978)
  • Oliv., F.T.A. 2: 573 (1871)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 92 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2002 Ensermu, K. [3566] Cameroon K000008539 No
Oct 1, 2002 Ensermu, K. [3525] Cameroon K000008538 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2804] Cameroon K000108112 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2568] Cameroon K000108113 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2895] Cameroon K000108127 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3505] Cameroon K000108099 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3419] Cameroon K000108129 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2939] Cameroon K000108100 No
May 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [307] Cameroon K000050601 No
May 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [353] Cameroon K000050615 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [1323] Cameroon K000085792 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [1323] Cameroon K000085791 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [1311] Cameroon K000085781 No
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [183] Cameroon K000011115 No
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [120] Cameroon K000011114 No
Dec 1, 1994 Kwangue, A. [119] Cameroon K000011120 No
Dec 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [384] Cameroon K000011119 No
Dec 1, 1994 Thomas, D.W. [9183] Cameroon K000011118 No
Dec 1, 1994 Cable, S. [297] Cameroon K000011122 No
Dec 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [3759] Cameroon K000085497 No
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [293] Cameroon K000011116 No
Dec 1, 1994 Cable, S. [482] Cameroon K000011123 No
Dec 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [3788] Cameroon K000085488 No
Jan 1, 1994 Balding, S.; Sivell D. [4] Cameroon K000011121 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cable, S. [116] Cameroon K000050627 No
Jan 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [474] Cameroon K000011117 No
Jan 1, 1994 Hunt, L., V. [71] Cameroon K000540677 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4501] Cameroon K000051361 No
Jan 1, 1957 Gossweiler, J. [9931] Angola K001307882 No
Mann G. [1274] Cameroon K000050419 Type Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [768] Uganda K:SPC-05175.000 No
Baron, R. [9] Madagascar K000242736 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [22675] Nigeria K:SPC-09974.000 No
Chevalier, A. [21417] Cote d'Ivoire K000272574 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-16616.000 No
Bridson, D. [352] Rwanda K:SPC-42118.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3348] Tanzania K:SPC-05176.000 No
Dunlap [17] Cameroon K000050418 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1865] Tanzania K:SPC-09975.000 No
Welwitch [875] Angola K000242760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cheek, M. [8992] Cameroon K000108134 No
Migeod, F. [231] Cameroon K000050420 No

Sources

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0