Species
B. dryadis
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. dryadis
- Author
- Irmscher, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh
- Publication Date
- 1951
- Place
- S Yunnan;
- Habitat
- At the forest margin or by streams in valleys ca. 600-1400 m. alt.
- Country
- China;
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 22
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Greek dryad (nymph or forest spirit) alluding to the forest habitat of the species
- Reference
- Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21:41. 1951.— Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:171-2. 2007.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 92, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p106, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 92, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p106-7, 2017
Plant
- Plant Height
- to 60cm
- Stem Type
- Erect
- Other Features
- Stems densely puberulous when young
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Greek dryad (nymph or forest spirit) alluding to the forest habitat of the species
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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