Cultivar

B. ‘xbreviscapa’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘xbreviscapa’
Originator: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S.M.Ku, Bot. Stud. (Taipei)
Date of Origin: 2008
Publication Date: 2010
Place: Guangxi: Donglan Xian (County), Sanshi Zhen, Naying Village, on the way to Wuzhuan
Country: China
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. variifolia
Male Parent: B. leprosa
Synonyms and Comments: An intersectional natural hybrid between B. variifolia Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen and B. leprosa Hance
Publication Reference: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51(1): 108. 2010
Photo References: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51(1): 108 (107-116; figs.). 2010

Plant

Description: Monoecious creeping herb
Growth Type: Compact
Plant Habit: Lithophyte on limestone in caves
Plant Height: Low <0.5m
Stem Type: Rhizome 6-13mm
Stem Habit: Few Branched
Other Features: B. ×breviscapa hasuniqueunicellular(globose)orbicellular(globose-headed) hairs ontheabaxialleafepidermis
Internodal Distance: Short 5-11mm
Sun Tolerance: Deep shade

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. variifolia

Male parent

B. leprosa

An intersectional natural hybrid between B. variifolia Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen and B. leprosa Hance

Ancestry tree

B. ‘xbreviscapa’

An intersectional natural hybrid between B. variifolia Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen and B. leprosa Hance

Female parent

B. variifolia

Etymology: after the variation in the leaves either basifixed or peltate

Male parent

B. leprosa

Etymology: Latin leprosus (spotted like a leper) referring to the fruits; B. U033; RZ 275; B. bretschneiderana Hemsley in W.J. Hooker, Icon. Pl. IV, 27:pl. 2635. 1900, Fig. 24.22, icon. —emend. Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:517. 1939. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Endangered Status: Rare
Original Botanical Description or Link to: Botanical Studies 51:107-117. 2010.