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Species

B. leprosa

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. leprosa
Author
Hance, J. Bot.
Publication Date
1883
Place
Guangdong, Guangxi;
Habitat
in limestone caves or secondary forests ca. 100-800 m. alt.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Coelocentrum
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: Latin leprosus (spotted like a leper) referring to the fruits; B. U033; RZ 275; B. bretschneiderana Hemsley in W.J. Hooker, Icon. Pl. IV, 27:pl. 2635. 1900, Fig. 24.22, icon. —emend. Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:517. 1939. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.
Reference
J. Bot. 21:202. 1883.—Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:321-2. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.; Beg. 1990,137.; JGSL9/08
Article References
Tebbitt, Begonias 5:165-66. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 174, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p212, 2017
Photo References
Tebbitt, Begonias pl.132. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 173-4, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p212-5, 2017

Plant

Stem Type
Acaulescent, rhizome

Lineage

3 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: Latin leprosus (spotted like a leper) referring to the fruits; B. U033; RZ 275; B. bretschneiderana Hemsley in W.J. Hooker, Icon. Pl. IV, 27:pl. 2635. 1900, Fig. 24.22, icon. —emend. Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:517. 1939. —Woon–Young Chun & Faith Chun, Sunyatsenia 4:24, pl. 7. 1939. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:182. 2007.

Descendants

3 recorded children

As female parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

Culture

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