Species

B. formosana

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. formosana
Author: (Hayata) Masamune, J. Geobot
Publication Date: 1961
Place: Taiwanese forests; Southern Ryukyu islands
Habitat: in moist forests ca. 700-900 m. alt.
Country: Taiwan; Japan
Region: Asia
Section: Platycentrum
Chr 2n: 60, 64?
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: derived from Ilha Formosa ‘(Beautiful Island)’ a Portugese name for Taiwan; B. sinensis auct. non A. de Candolle: Henry in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Form. 24:46. 1896.; B. laciniata auct. non Roxburgh: Forbes & Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23:322. 1888.—Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977 [= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. laciniata Roxburgh var. formosana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30:124. 1911.—Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977.[= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. laciniata auct. non Roxburgh: Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22:166. 1906. —Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 30:124. 1911 [= B. laciniata Roxburgh var. formosana Hayata. 1911.] —Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977[= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. tarokoensis M. J. Lai. 1990.; B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune f. albomaculata Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai. 1977.
Reference: J. Geobot. 9(3–4), :frontis, pl.41. 1961. —Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977. — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:321. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.JGSL9/08
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:130-31. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 114, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p62, 2017
Photo References: Tebbitt, Begonias pl.87. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 114-5, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p62-63, 2017; Begonias, Misono 1974: 73 (108);

Plant

Description: The photo is of acetosella var hirtifolia ID Rekha
Stem Type: Erect flowering stems
Other Features: These plants are aneuploids

Lineage

3 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: derived from Ilha Formosa ‘(Beautiful Island)’ a Portugese name for Taiwan; B. sinensis auct. non A. de Candolle: Henry in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Form. 24:46. 1896.; B. laciniata auct. non Roxburgh: Forbes & Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23:322. 1888.—Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977 [= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. laciniata Roxburgh var. formosana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30:124. 1911.—Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977.[= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. laciniata auct. non Roxburgh: Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22:166. 1906. —Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 30:124. 1911 [= B. laciniata Roxburgh var. formosana Hayata. 1911.] —Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai, Fl. Taiwan 3:795. 1977[= B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune var. formosana, 1961.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:174. 2007.; B. tarokoensis M. J. Lai. 1990.; B. formosana (Hayata) Masamune f. albomaculata Tang–Shui Liu & Ming–Jou Lai. 1977.

Descendants

3 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Jiao Yue’

Male parent: B. unknown rex cv.

B. ‘Wanshi Star’

Male parent: B. unknown rex cv.

As male parent

B. ‘Ryugujo’

Female parent: B. goegoensis

Culture

Comments: Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden. Very successful outside in-ground through North Western Sydney winters. RB.