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Species

B. amabilis

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. amabilis
Author
Linden, Hort. Linden
Publication Date
1859
Place
Assam
Country
India
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum?
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Reference
Hort. Linden 1:pl. 1. 1859.; JGSL9/08 Possibly a Cultivar.? ; 1860 Le Bon Jardinier

Plant

Description
Gartenflora. Erlangen: F. Enke, 1852-1940 Jahrg. 8 (1859): Page 274-5 Established by the establishment of Linden and endowed in the Hortus Lindenianus. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123879 Begonia amabilis, Linden. From Assam. Close to B. Rex. Leaves of a thick consistence, margin more deeply incised, obliquely round and pointed, round about 6” and 3 ¼” wide, above dark blue and a silver colored bandage in front of the leaf margin. Bottom brownish.

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

1

As male parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

Original Botanical Description or Link to
1860 Le Bon Jardinier New Begonias BEGONIA amabilis, Linden. - This species appears in all its parts less strong and less robust than the following. The stem, very short and collected on itself, gives rise to long and slender, rounded petioles, of a purplish brown and covered with rather soft whitish hairs. Its leaves, of mediocre size, obscurely lobed-toothed, are shiny above, of a dark green on which is drawn a silver band in the form of an italic V. The underside of the leaf, dark carmine in the center and on the circumference, is of a pale green in the rest of its extent.