on limestone rocks in evergreen broad leaved forests at 100-3400 m. alt.
Country
China, Japan, Taiwan
Region
Asia
Section
Diploclinium
Chr 2n
26
Plant Type
Tuberous - deciduous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: Latin grandis (magnificent or tall); B.obliquaauct. non Linnaeus: Thunberg, Fl. Jap. :231, 1784.; B. discolor R. Brown in Aiton, Hort. Kew, ed. 2 5:284.1813.; B. bulbifera hort. ex Steudel. Nom. Bot. 1:104. 1821, pro syn. B. evansiana Andrews. 1811. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:492. 1939.; B. erubescens Léveillé, Repert. Nov. Sp. 7:21. 1909.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle var. haemaloneura Franch ex Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 25:283.1919.—Irmscher in Handel–Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7:388. 1931. [= B. evansiana Andrews, 1811]; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot.Hamburg 10:492. 1939. [= B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher. 1939.] — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:175-6. 2007.;B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. unialata Irmscher. 1939. B. grandis Dryander subsp. evansiana (Andrews) Irmscher var. simsii Irmscher. 1939.; B. sinensis A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:125. 1859;
Reference
Dryander, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1:163. 1791.— Yu-Min Shui, Ching-I Peng & Cheng-Yih Wu, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:316. 2002. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:175-6. 2007.; JGSL9/08;
Article References
Tebbitt, Begonias 5:138-41. 2005; Beg. 45:63-65 Mar,1978; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 126, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p5, 2017;
Photo References
JBS, Begonias :68. 1980; Tebbitt, Begonias pls.103-106. 2005; Beg. 45:60 Mar 1978; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 125-6, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p5-6, 2017;