Species
B. grandis ssp. grandis
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. grandis ssp. grandis
- Form Variety
- ssp. grandis
- Author
- Dryander, Trans. Linn. Soc.
- Publication Date
- 1791
- Date of Origin
- 1791
- Place
- North, central, south and southwest China
- Habitat
- on limestone rocks in evergreen broad leaved forests at 100-3400 m. alt.
- Country
- China, Japan, Taiwan
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Diploclinium
- Chr 2n
- 26
- Plant Type
- Tuberous - deciduous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: Latin grandis (magnificent or tall); B.obliqua auct. non Linnaeus: Thunberg, Fl. Jap. :231, 1784.; B. discolor R. Brown in Aiton, Hort. Kew, ed. 2 5:284.1813.; B. bulbifera hort. ex Steudel. Nom. Bot. 1:104. 1821, pro syn. B. evansiana Andrews. 1811. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:492. 1939.; B. erubescens Léveillé, Repert. Nov. Sp. 7:21. 1909.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle var. haemaloneura Franch ex Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 25:283.1919.—Irmscher in Handel–Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7:388. 1931. [= B. evansiana Andrews, 1811]; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot.Hamburg 10:492. 1939. [= B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher. 1939.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:175-6. 2007.;B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. unialata Irmscher. 1939. B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. simsii Irmscher. 1939.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:125. 1859;
- Reference
- Dryander, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1:163. 1791.— Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:316. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:175-6. 2007.; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:138-41. 2005; Beg. 45:63-65 Mar,1978; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 126, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p5, 2017;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :68. 1980; Tebbitt, Begonias pls.103-106. 2005; Beg. 45:60 Mar 1978; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 125-6, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p5-6, 2017;
Plant
- Description
- Deciduous
- Other Features
- Bulbils in leaf axils
- Sun Tolerance
- Does not take heat well
- Plant Hardiness
- Frost hardy
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: Latin grandis (magnificent or tall); B.obliqua auct. non Linnaeus: Thunberg, Fl. Jap. :231, 1784.; B. discolor R. Brown in Aiton, Hort. Kew, ed. 2 5:284.1813.; B. bulbifera hort. ex Steudel. Nom. Bot. 1:104. 1821, pro syn. B. evansiana Andrews. 1811. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:492. 1939.; B. erubescens Léveillé, Repert. Nov. Sp. 7:21. 1909.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle var. haemaloneura Franch ex Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 25:283.1919.—Irmscher in Handel–Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7:388. 1931. [= B. evansiana Andrews, 1811]; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot.Hamburg 10:492. 1939. [= B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher. 1939.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:175-6. 2007.;B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. unialata Irmscher. 1939. B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. simsii Irmscher. 1939.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:125. 1859;
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. ‘Odorata Alba’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
- Comments
- Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden. Unsuccessful with it through North Western Sydney summers. RB. Begonia grandis, self seeds in hardiness zone 7b, Atlanta, Georgia and acts like a perennial in both pots and in the ground. Over time/years, will slowly multiply. B. Grandis has the most beautiful large leaves red coloring underneath. I make a tea from fresh leaves. Anon.