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.
arachnoidea
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ID
17531
Genus
Begonia
Species Cultivar
B
.
arachnoidea
Form Variety
Author
C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S.M.Ku, sp. nov.
Publication Date
2008
Date of Origin
2005
Place
Guangxi: Daxin Xian (County), Encheng Xiang
Habitat
Encheng Nature Reserve at 200 m in mixed bamboo and scrubby vegetation at foot of limestone hill, on semishaded rocky slope, occasional.
Country
China
Region
Asia
Section
Coelocentrum
Chr 2n
30
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Possibly synonymous with
B. umbraculifolia
var.
flocculosa
; Etymology: referring to the spiderweb venation of the leaf reverse
Reference
Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49(4): 406. 2008
Article References
Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 15, 2018
Photo References
Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49(4): 406 (-408, 410; figs. 1-2, 5). 2008; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 15, 2018