36. Begonia octopetala L’Hér.

Stirpes Novae aut Minus Cognitae 4: 101 (L’Héritier de Brutelle 1788). – Huszia octopetala (L’Hér.) Klotzsch, Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 121 (Klotzsch 1854).

– Type: PERU – Lima Region • J. Dombey s.n.; lectotype: P [P00482218], designated by Smith & Wasshausen (1979: 243).

Key to the subspecies of Begonia octopetala

1a Leaf lamina broadly ovate in outline, rarely triangular; staminate flowers with 6–11 tepals; largest wing of the ovary and fruit not ascending ......................................................................................... ...................................................................................... Begonia octopetala subsp. octopetala 36. 1

1b Leaf lamina triangular in outline; staminate flowers with six tepals; largest wing of the ovary and fruit strongly ascending ................................. Begonia octopetala subsp. ovatiformis Irmsch. 36. 2