Species
B. leprosa
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. leprosa
- Author
- Hance, J. Bot.
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Place
- Guangdong, Guangxi;
- Habitat
- in limestone caves or secondary forests ca. 100-800 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Coelocentrum
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin leprosus (spotted like a leper) referring to the fruits; B. U033; RZ 275; B. bretschneiderana Hemsley in W.J. Hooker, Icon. Pl. IV, 27:pl. 2635. 1900, Fig. 24.22, icon. —emend. Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:517. 1939. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.
- Reference
- J. Bot. 21:202. 1883.—Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:321-2. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.; Beg. 1990,137.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:165-66. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 174, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p212, 2017
- Photo References
- Tebbitt, Begonias pl.132. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 173-4, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p212-5, 2017
Plant
- Stem Type
- Acaulescent, rhizome
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin leprosus (spotted like a leper) referring to the fruits; B. U033; RZ 275; B. bretschneiderana Hemsley in W.J. Hooker, Icon. Pl. IV, 27:pl. 2635. 1900, Fig. 24.22, icon. —emend. Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:517. 1939. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
3
Culture
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