Species

B. cirrosa

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. cirrosa
Author: L. B. Smith & D. C. Wasshausen, Phytologia
Publication Date: 1983
Place: W Guangxi: Fuming; Yunnan;
Habitat: Limestone rock outcrops or caves in shaded forest at 1000-1200m altitude
Country: China
Region: Asia
Section: Coelocentrum
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: Latin cirrosus (curled hair) after the indumentum; B. crispula Te-Tsun Yü ex Irmscher, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21:38. 1951, non Brade. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 52:442. 1983.
Reference: Phytologia 52:442. 1983. — Yan Liu, Shin-Ming Ku & Ching-I Peng, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 46: 371-5, pl. 4-6. 2005. — Yang Liu, Shin-Ming Ku & Ching-I Peng, Botanical Studies 48:468, table 1. 2007. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:167-8. 2007.;JGSL9/08
Article References: Begonia Australis 1998 December; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 61-62, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p182, 2017
Photo References: Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 61-62, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p182-3, 2017

Plant

Stem Type: Acaulescent, rhizome

Lineage

7 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: Latin cirrosus (curled hair) after the indumentum; B. crispula Te-Tsun Yü ex Irmscher, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21:38. 1951, non Brade. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 52:442. 1983.