Species
B. handelii var. handelii
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. handelii var. handelii
- Form Variety
- var. handelii
- Author
- (Irmsch.) Tebbitt, Edinburgh J. Bot.
- Publication Date
- 1921
- Place
- Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan; ;Arunachal Pradesh 2500’ (R. Morris 2009);;;;
- Habitat
- In moist forests ca. 100-1500 m. alt.
- Country
- China, Vietnam, NE India, Myanmar, Laos,Thailand
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 66
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: named after Austrian botanist Heinrich Raphael Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti; B.U571;
- Reference
- Edinburgh J. Bot.60(1):6, 2003, — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:177-8. 2007.; Irmscher, Akad. Wiss. Wein. Math. Natur. Wis. K. Anz. 58:24.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Tebbit, Begonias 5:208. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 133, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p203, 2017
- Photo References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 133, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p202-3, 2017
Plant
- Description
- Dioecious
- Stem Type
- Trunk-like
- Stem Habit
- Non-branched
Lineage
2 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: named after Austrian botanist Heinrich Raphael Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti; B.U571;
Descendants
2 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. acetosella var. acetosella
Female parent: B. longiciliata
Culture
- Cultural Requirements
- Cool growing conditions, moist environment