Species
B. chlorosticta
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. chlorosticta
- Author
- M. J. S. Sands, Bot. Mag.
- Publication Date
- 1982
- Place
- Hose Mountains in the central part of Sarawak
- Habitat
- Locally common on rocky slopes and damp cliffs in lowland dipterocarp forest at 450 m
- Country
- Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Petermannia
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Greek chloro (green) and sticta (spotted) referring to the leaves; B. Ex Kew species; B. U038
- Reference
- Bot. Mag. n.s. 183(4):132-7, pl. 827. 1982; Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p76, 2015;
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:98-101. 2005; Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p76, 2015; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 58, 2018;
- Photo References
- Murotani, Begonia in Colour :44. 1983; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.45. 2005; Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p76-79, 2015; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 58, 2018; The Begonian, Sep 1976; Beg 90 p152 Jul/Aug 2023; Beg 91 p 17 Jan/Feb 2024; Beg 91 p 101 May/Jun 2024;
Plant
- Description
- Cane-like
- Plant Height
- Low to 60 cm tall
Lineage
8 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Greek chloro (green) and sticta (spotted) referring to the leaves; B. Ex Kew species; B. U038
Descendants
8 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. darthvaderiana
As male parent
7
Female parent: B. incarnata var. incarnata
Female parent: B. incarnata var. incarnata
Female parent: B. goegoensis
Female parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Female parent: B. (Rex cv. x hatacoa)
Female parent: B. darthvaderiana
Female parent: B. dracopelta
Culture
No populated fields in this section.