Species
B. hekouensis
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. hekouensis
- Author
- S.H.Huang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. et in Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin.
- Publication Date
- 1999
- Place
- Hekou, Yunnan;
- Habitat
- on limestone rock crevices in seasonal rainforest, ca. 350-400 m alt. or ca. 200-500 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: after the type locality; B. gesnerioides Su Hua Huang & Yu-Min Shui, Acta Bot. Yunnanica 16(4):341, pl. 9. 1994, non L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert. 1941.
- Reference
- Acta. Bot. Yunnanica 21(1):21. 1999. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:178. 2007.; et in Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 52(1): 226 (Oct. 1999), nom. nov.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 138, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p110, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 138, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p110-111, 2017
Plant
- Description
- Densely hairy
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: after the type locality; B. gesnerioides Su Hua Huang & Yu-Min Shui, Acta Bot. Yunnanica 16(4):341, pl. 9. 1994, non L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert. 1941.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Endangered Status
- Very Rare