only found in two karst caves ca. 200-800 m. alt.; On semi shady rocky cliff at entrance of limestone caverns. Western Guangxi, China (Figure 5), rare, currently known only from two nearby karst caves in western Guangxi.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Coelocentrum
Chr 2n
30
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: from the type locality Bama Yaozu Zizhixian; Begonia bamaensis has a somatic chromosome number of 2n = 30 (Figure 6), which agrees with all other members of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum for which chromosome numbers were reported (Ku et al., 2004; Peng et al., 2005a, 2005b; Liu et al., 2005; Fang et al., 2006; Ku et al., 2006; Peng et al., 2007).
