Cultivar

B. ‘Mrs. W. S. Kimball’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Mrs. W. S. Kimball’
Date of Origin: 1826
Plant Type: Thick Stem
Female Parent: B. malabarica var. malabarica
Male Parent: B. dipetala var. dipetala
Publication Reference: K; WBHC-WW

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. malabarica var. malabarica

Male parent

B. dipetala var. dipetala

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Mrs. W. S. Kimball’

Female parent

B. malabarica var. malabarica

Etymology: after the historical name for India’s southwest historical name; B. fallax; B. malabarica Lamarck var. rheedii A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:656. 1879; B.rubrosetulosa A. de Candolle. 1864;

Male parent

B. dipetala var. dipetala

Etymology: referring to the flowers with 2 tepals; B.malabarica Lamarck var. dipetala Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. :128. 1859. —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:655. 1979. —Irmscher, Pareys Blumengart. ed. 2 :78. 1960.; malabarica A. de Candolle. 1864, non Lamarck, 1785.; tuberosa herb. Wight ex Wallich,1831; tuberosa herb. Heyne ex A. de C.,1864 non lamarck,1785; bipetala Loddiges in Steudel, Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1:193. 1840. —Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 9:59. 1841. errore typographico pro dipetala Graham. 1828.; malabarica auct. non Lamarck: A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864. —J. Doorenbos, Begonian 67:170. 2000. Circulated incorrectly as ‘Mrs. W. S. Kimball’;u044

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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