Species
B. cathayana
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. cathayana
- Author
- Hemsley, Bot. Mag.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Place
- Guangxi, Yunnan;
- Habitat
- on slopes in secondary forest ca. 800-1500 m. alt.
- Country
- China; Vietnam
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 20, 22
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous - upright jointed
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;
- Reference
- Bot. Mag. 134:pl. 8202. 1908. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:165. 2007; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Beg. 3:5. Mar. 1936; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:96-7. 2005; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p57, 2017;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :43. 1980; BfBEH 77 1976; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.44. 2005; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p56-57, 2017; The Begonian, Nov 1969; The Begonian, May 1947; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 29 (27); Begonias, Misono 1974: 183 top middle;
Plant
- Plant Habit
- Vase shaped
- Sun Tolerance
- Bright shade
Lineage
40 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;
Descendants
40 recorded children
As female parent
30
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. ‘Comtesse Louise d’Erdody’
Male parent: B. ‘Peggy-Ann’
Male parent: B. imperialis var. imperialis
Male parent: B. grandis ssp. evansiana
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. ‘pustulata var. argentea ’
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. pustulata
Male parent: B. ‘rex cv.’
Male parent: B. ‘rex cv.’
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. versicolor
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. ‘Comtesse Louise d’Erdody’
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
Male parent: B. rex
As male parent
10
Female parent: B. ‘Mrs. H. G. Moon’
Female parent: B. ‘Mrs. H. G. Moon’
Female parent: B. rex
Female parent: B. rex
Female parent: B. rex
Female parent: B. aliceclarkiae
Female parent: B. decora
Female parent: B. decora
Female parent: B. versicolor
Female parent: B. versicolor
Culture
No populated fields in this section.