Begonia princeae Gilg

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Termitaria in upland miombo woodland
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Tubers
Termitaria in upland miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Sep 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Begonia princeae var. princeae forma vulgata Irmsch Begonia princeae var. princeae forma grossidentata irmsch Begonia princeae var. rhodesiana Irmsch. forma rhodesiana Begonia princeae var. rhodesiana forma racemigera Irmsch Begonia princeae var. racemigera (Irmsch.) Wilczek
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial 5-33 cm tall growing from small ellipsoid or globose tubers; leaves glabrous, 2-7(10) cm long, suborbicular, shallowly lobed or not, margins subentire to irregularly crenulate, truncate to slightly cordate at base; flowers pale to bright pink, in terminal and axillary dichasial cymes, peduncles 0.3-4.5 cm long; male flowers with 2 + 2 tepals, outer tepals suborbicular, 9-14 x 8-12 mm while inner tepals obovate, 5-7 x 3-4 mm; female flowers with 5 tepals, outer elliptic to oblong, 4.6-12 x 4-6 mm, innermost smaller; ovary 4-8 x 4-7 mm, ovoid; fruits 6-10 x 5-8 mm excluding unequal sized wings.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Habitat:	In woodland on termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres)	910 - 2150 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Angola and DRC through Zambia to Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique
FZ divisions:	N
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 86 - 87. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 115. Kupicha, F.K. (1978). Begoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 501. Wilczek, R. (1969). Begoniaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 44 - 45. as var. princeae and var.racemigera

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