Species
B. gigantea
See B. nepalensis var. nepalensis
Photos
3 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. gigantea
- Author
- Wallich, Numer. List
- Publication Date
- 1831
- Country
- India; Burma
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 16
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. nepalensis (A. de Candolle) Warburg var. nepalensis. 1894;
- Reference
- Numer. List :129, no. 3677. 1831. pro parte, nomen nudum. —A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:144. 1859, nomen nudum; Prodr.15(1):406. 1864 [= Mezierea nepalensis A. de Candolle. 1864.] —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:643. 1879 [= B. gigantea ex C.B. Clarke. 1879, Sphalmate.] —Warburg in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6A):142 . 1894; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Beg 16:122. 1949;
- Photo References
- Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;
Plant
- Stem Type
- Underground with erect stems
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. nepalensis (A. de Candolle) Warburg var. nepalensis. 1894;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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