Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
Linnea 5: 603 (Schlechtendal & Chamisso 1830). – Gireoudia heracleifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch, Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 125 (Klotzsch 1854).
– Type: MEXICO • Hacienda de la Laguna , Baranca de Tioselo ; 1828; Schiede 729; syntype: B [B100243034].
de Candolle (1864: 335); Brako & Zarucchi (1993: 193); Vásquez et al. (2005: 112–125).
Specimens examined
PERU – Loreto Region • Iquitos and vicinity , 120 m a.s.l.; Oct. 1929; L. Williams 3550; F • La Victoria on the Amazon river ; Aug.–Sep. 1929; L. Williams 3179; F . – Pasco Region: Prov. Oxapampa • Dist. Oxapampa, A los alrededores de Oxapampa colecta de plantas ornamentals de diferentes jardines; 10°34′54″ S; 75°24′26″ W; 1800 m a.s.l.; R. Rojas, E. Becerra, G. Castillo, L. Chuck, A. Peña & C. Rojas 4338; HOXA.
Notes
This species is distributed from Honduras to Nayarit State in western Mexico but widely cultivated beyond its natural range, including in Peru. All the specimens we have seen from Peru are from settlements and B. heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham. does not seem to be widely naturalised.