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Species

B. handelii var. handelii

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. handelii var. handelii
Form Variety
var. handelii
Author
(Irmsch.) Tebbitt, Edinburgh J. Bot.
Publication Date
1921
Place
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan; ;Arunachal Pradesh 2500’ (R. Morris 2009);;;;
Habitat
In moist forests ca. 100-1500 m. alt.
Country
China, Vietnam, NE India, Myanmar, Laos,Thailand
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
66
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: named after Austrian botanist Heinrich Raphael Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti; B.U571;
Reference
Edinburgh J. Bot.60(1):6, 2003, — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:177-8. 2007.; Irmscher, Akad. Wiss. Wein. Math. Natur. Wis. K. Anz. 58:24.; JGSL9/08
Article References
Tebbit, Begonias 5:208. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 133, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p203, 2017
Photo References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 133, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p202-3, 2017

Plant

Description
Dioecious
Stem Type
Trunk-like
Stem Habit
Non-branched

Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: named after Austrian botanist Heinrich Raphael Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti; B.U571;

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

Culture

Cultural Requirements
Cool growing conditions, moist environment