Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Begonia aliciae C.E.C.Fisch. |
| synonym | Begonia minima Bedd. |
| synonym | Saueria crenata (Dryand.) Hassk. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Small herbs; roots tuberous; stem usually red, smooth. Leaves alternate, 2.5-6 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate or tri-lobed, cordate at base, acute at apex, doubly crenate at margins, hairy above and glabrous except the nerves beneath. Flowers pinkish, beautifully marked with glistening dots when fresh; peduncles slender. Male flowers: tepals 4, outer one elliptic, 5-5.5 x 4-4.5 mm, cordate at base, obtuse at apex; inner one narrower than the outer, 5 x 2 mm, obtuse at apex. Stamens about 15, monadelphous; anthers yellow. Female flowers: tepals 5, the outer elliptic, 5-5.5 x 3.5-4 mm; inner one narrower 5 x 2 mm. Styles usually 3, connate to half way up; sigma reniform. Capsule 6-7 mm long, crowned by accrescent perianth, 3-winged, one smaller than the other two, 2-celled; placenta divided.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Banks of streams. Endemic to Western Ghats
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Banks of streams
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Wayanad, Kasaragode, Kozhikkode, Kollam
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Kasaragod, Kollam, Kozhikode
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Western Ghats
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Begonia minima Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 48. 1864 & Ic. t. 110. 1868-1874.
- Begonia crenata Dryand., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 164, t.14. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 651. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(385). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 124. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 180. 1985; Kumar et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 140. 2002.
Information Listing > References
- Begonia minima Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 48. 1864 & Ic. t. 110. 1868-1874.
- Begonia crenata Dryand., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 164, t.14. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 651. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(385). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 124. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 180. 1985; Kumar et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 140. 2002.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Cucurbitales |
| Family | Begoniaceae |
| Genus | Begonia |
| Species | Begonia crenata Dryand. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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