Cultivar

B. ‘Magna Carta’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Magna Carta’
Originator: Freda Holley
Date of Origin: 2014
Publication Date: 2017
Place: Choudrant, LA
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous - upright jointed
Female Parent: B. crassicaulis
Male Parent: B. manicata var. manicata
Synonyms and Comments: From 1997 seed
Publication Reference: F Holley List, July 2017

Plant

Plant Height: Tall

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. crassicaulis

Male parent

B. manicata var. manicata

From 1997 seed

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Magna Carta’

From 1997 seed

Female parent

B. crassicaulis

B. U178; Plant type is often regarded as Thick Stem by a number of authorities. It is placed here as Rhizomatous as the stems appear to be rhizomes, shoots on one side and root initials on the other.

Male parent

B. manicata var. manicata

B. U171; B. U179; B. lepidota Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853. —A. de Candolle in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(1):388. 1861; B. schizolepis Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853; B. robustior Standley & Williams, Ceiba 1:155. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. manicata hort. Paris ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 11:35. 1843. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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