Species
B. austrotaiwanensis
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. austrotaiwanensis
- Author
- Y.K.Chen & C.-I Peng, J. Arnold Arbor.
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Place
- southern Taiwan
- Habitat
- on steep, bare, rocky slopes or rock faces with shallow soils, often near seasonal waterfalls or by streams between 200-800m altitude
- Country
- Taiwan
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 38
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: name means southern (austro) Taiwan (taiwanensis) its native area.
- Reference
- Yung-Kuan Chen & Ching-I Peng, J. Arnold Arbor. 71:567. 1990.— Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:164.; JGSL9/08 2007.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 22, 2018
- Photo References
- Yung-Kuan Chen & Ching-I Peng, J. Arnold Arbor. 71:567-573, pl. 1. 1990; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 22, 2018
Plant
- Description
- A stemless deciduous species
- Stem Type
- Thick moliniform rhizomes made up of a number of ellipsoid to subglobose units with persistent stipules.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: name means southern (austro) Taiwan (taiwanensis) its native area.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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