Species
B. acetosella var. hirtifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. acetosella var. hirtifolia
- Form Variety
- var. hirtifolia
- Author
- Craib, Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot., Hamburg.
- Publication Date
- 1939
- Place
- Yunnan; Myanmar; Simao; Arunachal Pradesh (ca. 1500 - 5000’)
- Country
- China, Burma and India (R. Morris 2007)
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 22
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Section Sphenanthera now included in section Platycentrum;
- Reference
- Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:515. 1939. — M.C. Tebbitt, Brittonia 55(1):24. 2003. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:161. 2007.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:169; 2005.Rekha Morris, Begonian 77:6-9, 27-29. 2010; Asian Begonia 5, 2018 Hughes M. et al.
- Photo References
- Rekha Morris, Begonian 77:8-9 and 29. 2010; Asian Begonia 5, 2018 Hughes M. et al.
Plant
- Description
- found at elevations of 1200 - 1400ma
- Other Features
- Hairy stems
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Section Sphenanthera now included in section Platycentrum;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Cultural Requirements
- Cool growing conditions, moist environment