Species
B. limprichtii
Photos
5 photos
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