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Species

B. pedatifida

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. pedatifida
Author
Leveille, Repert. Nov. Sp.
Publication Date
1909
Place
Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou;
Habitat
In moist, broad-leaved forests between 300-1700 m alt.
Country
China; Vietnam
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
44
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: Latin pedatus (divided) alluding to the leaves; B. pedatifida Léveillé var. kewensis Léveillé. 1909.
Reference
Repert. Nov. Sp. 7:21. 1909.— Hua-Gu Ye, Fa-Guo Wang, Yu-Shi Ye & Ching-I Peng. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 45:263-4, pl 4. 2004. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:191. 2007.; JGSL9/08 NAKATA, M., GUAN, K., LI, J., LU, Y. and LI, H. (2007), Cytotaxonomy of Begonia rubropunctata and B. purpureofolia (Begoniaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 155: 513–517.
Article References
Beg 16:104. 1949; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:131 & 145. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 235, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p115, 2017
Photo References
Tebbitt, Begonias pl.94. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 235, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p115, 2017

Plant

Stem Type
Thick rhizome

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: Latin pedatus (divided) alluding to the leaves; B. pedatifida Léveillé var. kewensis Léveillé. 1909.

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

1

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.