Species
B. handelii var. rubropilosa
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. handelii var. rubropilosa
- Form Variety
- var. rubropilosa
- Author
- (S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui) C.-I Peng, Fl. China
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Place
- SE Yunnan
- Habitat
- In moist forests ca. 1400 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 66
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin rubro (red) after the reddish hairs; Basionym: B. balansana var. rubropilosa S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21(1): 12. 1999
- Reference
- Fl. China 13: 178. 2007; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 134, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p204, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 134, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p204-5, 2017
Plant
- Description
- Dioecious; reddish hairs cover most of the plant
- Stem Type
- Acaulescent, rhizome
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin rubro (red) after the reddish hairs; Basionym: B. balansana var. rubropilosa S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21(1): 12. 1999
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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