| Collecteur(s) |
Bos J.J. |
| Numéro |
5110 |
| Date de collecte |
23/7/1969
|
| Famille |
Begoniaceae |
| Taxon |
Begonia microsperma Warb. |
| Déterminateur |
Sosef, 1991 |
| Pays |
Cameroun |
| Localité |
Bai Dieka |
| Station |
Bai-falls in Meme River, near Ekoumbé, S. of Mbonge, Kumba area, W. cameroon. |
| Latitude/longitude |
4.48333 ; 9.16667 |
| Phénologie |
Stérile |
| Type morphologique |
Herbacée |
| Description |
Lignophytic herbs with some clayey sediment between roots, clinging to sheer wet rockface, juicy petioles and peduncles very pale green, crisp, leaf pale to dark green shiny, sharply conically bullate between venation, cones tipped by white hairs above, very pale green below, nerves prom. with red hairs, ovary and fruits pale green, flowers bright yellow, some orange to red outside, some plants produce double flowers! |
| Habitat |
On vertical rockfaces adjacent to falls (humidity 100 %, temp. 24°c) |
| Origine |
YA |
| Dépôt |
YA |
| Note spécimen |
Living plants from this population , collected by Middleburg in culture lab. of Horticulture, Wageningen. Type loc. ! See: Irmscher in Engl.BOt.Jahrb. 76 (1954):214. |
| Historique |
Begonia microsperma Warb., 1991
Begonia ficicola Irmsch., 1969
|
