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Species

B. handelii var. rubropilosa

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. handelii var. rubropilosa
Form Variety
var. rubropilosa
Author
(S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui) C.-I Peng, Fl. China
Publication Date
2007
Place
SE Yunnan
Habitat
In moist forests ca. 1400 m. alt.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
66
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: Latin rubro (red) after the reddish hairs; Basionym: B. balansana var. rubropilosa S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21(1): 12. 1999
Reference
Fl. China 13: 178. 2007; JGSL9/08
Article References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 134, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p204, 2017
Photo References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 134, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p204-5, 2017

Plant

Description
Dioecious; reddish hairs cover most of the plant
Stem Type
Acaulescent, rhizome

Lineage

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: Latin rubro (red) after the reddish hairs; Basionym: B. balansana var. rubropilosa S.H.Huang & Y.M.Shui Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21(1): 12. 1999

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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