Begonia pearcei Hook.f.

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Begoniaceae Begonia cf. pearcei
DEPTO. SANTA Cruz, Prov. Vallegrande, 7.7 km (by air),
12.7 km (by road) SE of turnoff at Guadalupe, on gravel
road to Masicuri, at top of ridge, just SE of turnoff south to
Khasa Monte.
18°36’H”S, 64°01’54”W. alt. 2405 m.
Sandstone cliffs and slopes, disturbed remnants of brushy
short woods of ridgetop lower edge of cloud forest, with
Podocarpus parlatorei, Clethra, Viburnum, Prunus.
From a large tuber. Petals pale yellow. Leaves white
beneath.
Coll.: M. Nee & J. M. Mendoza F. 57615 4 Jan. 2011
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