Species

B. fusca

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. fusca
Author: Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn
Publication Date: 1852
Place: Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz
Country: Mexico, Guatemala
Region: America
Section: Gireoudia
Chr 2n: 28
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: B. maxima hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :125. 1854.; B. karwinskyana Liebmann,1853; B. johnstonii Standley ex J. R. Johnston, Cat. Pl. Guatemala :12. 1938, nomen nudum, non Oliver ex J.D. Hooker. 1866. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Fieldiana: Bot. 24:167. 1961.; B. maxima hort. ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):334. 1864;
Reference: Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1852:7. 1853; JGSL9/08;
Photo References: The Begonian, Feb 1967;

Plant

Description: A very large begonia species.

Lineage

5 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. maxima hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :125. 1854.; B. karwinskyana Liebmann,1853; B. johnstonii Standley ex J. R. Johnston, Cat. Pl. Guatemala :12. 1938, nomen nudum, non Oliver ex J.D. Hooker. 1866. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Fieldiana: Bot. 24:167. 1961.; B. maxima hort. ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):334. 1864;

Descendants

5 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Humongous’

Male parent: B. ‘Ricinifolia’

B. ‘Jay Ostaffe’

Male parent: B. ‘Yanonali’

B. ‘Mme. Annick Calvert ’

Male parent: B. imperialis var. smaragdina

B. ‘Pulsar’

Male parent: B. ‘Yanonali’

As male parent

B. ‘Lowe's Star’

Female parent: B. ‘Sunderbruchii’

Culture

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