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Species

B. fimbristipula

Photos

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. fimbristipula
Author
Hance, J. Bot.
Publication Date
1883
Place
Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
Habitat
on forest rocks ca. 700-1100 m. alt.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Diploclinium
Chr 2n
22
Plant Type
Tuberous - deciduous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: after the fimbriate stipule margin; B. cyclophylla J.D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 113:pl. 6926. 1887. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:508. 1939. emend. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:23. 1939.
Reference
J. Bot. 21:202. 1883.—Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia, 4:23, pl. 6. 1939. — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:316. 2002. = [Diploclinium.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:173, 206. 2007. [Begonia.] China. Fig. 8.1.; JGSL9/08
Article References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 108, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p24, 2017
Photo References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 107-8, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p24-25, 2017

Plant

Plant Height
Low
Stem Type
Underground rhizome;slender
Other Features
Deciduous; Epiphyte; endangered; used for herbal tea

Lineage

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: after the fimbriate stipule margin; B. cyclophylla J.D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 113:pl. 6926. 1887. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:508. 1939. emend. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:23. 1939.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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