Species
B. ornithophylla
Photos
3 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ornithophylla
- Author
- Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg.
- Publication Date
- 1939
- Place
- Guangxi
- Habitat
- on limestone rocks in the forest understorey at 100-600 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Coelocentrum
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin ornitho (birds) after the leaf shape resembling a bird’s wing
- Reference
- Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:556. 1939.— Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:189. 2007.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 225, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p240, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 225, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p240-1, 2017
Plant
- Stem Type
- Acaulescent, creeping rhizome
- Internodal Distance
- 1 cm apart
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin ornitho (birds) after the leaf shape resembling a bird’s wing
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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