Species
B. calcarea
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. calcarea
- Author
- Ridley, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Br.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Place
- Kuching Division, Miri and Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Kapit, Kuching and Tatau districts, and in Kalimantan in the Bengkayang Regency;
- Habitat
- usually close to water, on limestone also on mudstone and hill dipterocarp forest
- Country
- Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- unassigned to a section
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Reference
- J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Br. 46:260. 1906.; JGSL9/08; Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p68, 2015. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 72(1): 33–58. 2020 Eleven new records, three new species and an updated checklist of Begonia from Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Article References
- Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p68, 2015
- Photo References
- Kiew et al, Begonias of Borneo: p68-69, 2015
Plant
- Description
- unusual in that it flowers directly off the creeping stem on the ground ratherb than erect stems. The whole plant is covered in long red hairs.
- Growth Type
- creeping, the end of the stem turns up and a bunch of leaves is held above the leaf litter
- Stem Type
- Thick, creeping
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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