Species
B. thwaitseii
See B. tenera var. thwaitesii
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. thwaitseii
- Author
- W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 79:pl. 4692. 1853
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Place
- Sri Lanka
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Reichenheimia
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: After superintendent George Henry Kendrick Thwaites; B. thwaitesii W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 79:pl. 4692. 1853.; B. zeylanica Van Houtte Cat. 1855 ex Klotzsch in Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24:205. 1856.; B. tenera Dryander. 1791.—A.H.M. Jayasuriya in M.D. Dassanayake & F.R. Fosberg, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4:140. 1983;
- Reference
- Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4:141. 1983; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 321, 2018;
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 321, 2018; The Begonian, Apr 1963;
Plant
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Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: After superintendent George Henry Kendrick Thwaites; B. thwaitesii W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 79:pl. 4692. 1853.; B. zeylanica Van Houtte Cat. 1855 ex Klotzsch in Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24:205. 1856.; B. tenera Dryander. 1791.—A.H.M. Jayasuriya in M.D. Dassanayake & F.R. Fosberg, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4:140. 1983;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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