Species
B. filiformis
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. filiformis
- Author
- Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot., Hamburg.
- Publication Date
- 1939
- Place
- S Guangxi: Kiangsi;
- Habitat
- At the limestone margins ca. 200-800 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Coelocentrum
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin filiform (thread-like) perhaps referring to the long, slender flowering stalks
- Reference
- Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot., Hamburg. 10:521. 1939.— Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:314. 2002. =[Coelocentrum.] — Ching-I Peng, Shin-Ming Ku & Wai-Chao Leong, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 46:250-3, pl.6-7. 2005. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:173, 206. 2007, [Reichenheimia.] China. Fig. 24.32.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 104, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p136-7, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 104, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p136-7, 2017
Plant
- Stem Type
- Stemless
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin filiform (thread-like) perhaps referring to the long, slender flowering stalks
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. melanobullata
Male parent: B. aurantiflora
As male parent
1
Female parent: B. cirrosa
Culture
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