Cultivar

B. ‘Sophrona Kent’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Sophrona Kent’
Originator: Thurston
Date of Origin: 1931
Place: New Jersey
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Smithii’
Male Parent: B. ‘Thurstonii’
Synonyms and Comments: Semperflorens female parent? Alternative a trailing variety with same name.
Publication Reference: BEG; WBHC-WW

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Smithii’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. ‘Thurstonii’

Semperflorens female parent? Alternative a trailing variety with same name.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Sophrona Kent’

Semperflorens female parent? Alternative a trailing variety with same name.

Female parent

B. ‘Smithii’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. ‘Thurstonii’

B. aconitifolia 'Hildegard Schneider' is synonymous with B. aconitifolia 'Metallica' and is the “Metallica” parent of this variety;

Female parent

B. aconitifolia 'Hildegard Schneider'

faureana Linden ex Garnier var. metallica Rodigas, Ill. Hort. 42:298, pl. 43. 1895. —Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940. [= A. de Candolle. 1859.] —Weber & Dress, Baileya 16:61. 1968. ; aconitifolia 'Metallica' Weber & Dress. 1968.

Male parent

B. sanguinea

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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