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Species

B. limprichtii

Photos

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. limprichtii
Author
Irmscher, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih
Publication Date
1922
Place
Sichuan; Yunnan; Arunachal Pradesh 1200’ - 1600’ (R. Morris 2009)
Habitat
on mountain slopes between 500 and 1700 m alt.
Country
China; India
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
22
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: after Hans Wolfgang Limpricht collector of the type; B. houttuynioides Te–Tsun Yü in Wen–Pei Fang. 1946.
Reference
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12:440. 1922.— Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.; JGSL9/08; Beg 72:48, 2005
Article References
Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p144, 2017; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:239. 2005; Morris, Beg. 77:214-218. 2010; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 176, 2018; Chromosome numbers of five species of Begonia from China, Li Hongzhe , Guan Kaiyun , Ma Hong. Acta Botanica Yunnanica [01 Jan 2005, 27(1):92-94]
Photo References
Tebbitt, Begonias pl.204. 2005; Morris, Beg. pls. 77:214-217. 2010; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 176, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p144, 2017

Plant

Stem Type
Rhizome, acaulescent

Lineage

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: after Hans Wolfgang Limpricht collector of the type; B. houttuynioides Te–Tsun Yü in Wen–Pei Fang. 1946.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Cultural Requirements
Cool growing conditions, moist environment