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Species

B. chitoensis

See B. formosana var. chitoensis

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. chitoensis
Author
Tang-Shui Liu & Ming-Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan
Publication Date
1977
Place
Taiwan
Habitat
Moist forest floors or at forest margins between 360-2200m altitude
Country
Taiwan
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
38
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: after the type location; B. formosana (Hayata) var. chitoensis (T.S.Liu & M.J.Lai) S.S.Ying;
Reference
Fl. Taiwan 3:793, pl. 820. 1977. — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:320. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:167. 2007; JGSL9/08;
Article References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 56, 2018;
Photo References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 56, 2018; The Begonian, Jan-Feb, 2004

Plant

Stem Type
Erect

Lineage

4 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: after the type location; B. formosana (Hayata) var. chitoensis (T.S.Liu & M.J.Lai) S.S.Ying;

Descendants

4 recorded children

As female parent

1

As male parent

3

Female parent: B. ‘Red Pearl’

Female parent: B. ‘Red Pearl’

Female parent: B. ‘Red Pearl’

Culture

Comments
Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden.