Species
B. ferox
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ferox
- Author
- C.-I Peng & Yan Liu, Bot. Stud. (Taipei)
- Publication Date
- 2013
- Date of Origin
- 2011
- Place
- SW Guangxi: Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, Longzhou County, Chunxiu Headwater Forest Nature Reserve;
- Habitat
- forest floor on limestone rock surface with abundant leaf litter at 130m or on bare rock faces in evergreen broadleaved forest ca. 600 m. alt.
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Coelocentrum
- Chr 2n
- 30
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin ferox (fierce) after the look of the bullae covered leaves
- Reference
- Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 54-44: 7. 2013
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 102, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p194, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 102, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p194-5, 2017; Beg 91 p 70 Mar/Apr 2024;
Plant
- Growth Type
- Lithophytic rhizomatous perennial
- Stem Type
- Acaulescent, rhizome
- Stem Habit
- Stout rhizome
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin ferox (fierce) after the look of the bullae covered leaves
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. masoniana
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. ningmingensis var. ningmingensis
Female parent: B. ningmingensis var. ningmingensis
Culture
- Propagation Method
- Vegetative propagation by rhizome cutting or leaf and wedge cuttings
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1999-3110-54-44/fulltext.html