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Species

B. taliensis

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. taliensis
Author
Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris)
Publication Date
1919
Place
W. Yunnan; Sichuan
Habitat
In forest or scrubby vegetation at 1300-2400 m. alt.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Diploclinium
Plant Type
Tuberous - deciduous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: after the locality of one of the syntypes near Tali, Yunnan
Reference
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 25:279. 1919.; — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:317. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:200-1. 2007.JGSL9/08
Article References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 310, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p38, 2017
Photo References
Tebbitt, Begonias pl.107. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 310, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p38-39, 2017

Plant

Other Features
relatively hardy

Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: after the locality of one of the syntypes near Tali, Yunnan

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

Culture

Comments
Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden.
Endangered Status
Near Threatened