B. grandis ssp. grandis

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ID 2101
GenusBegonia
Species CultivarB. grandis ssp. grandis
Form Varietyssp. grandis
AuthorDryander, Trans. Linn. Soc.
Publication Date1791
Date of Origin1791
PlaceNorth, central, south and southwest China
Habitaton limestone rocks in evergreen broad leaved forests at 100-3400 m. alt.
CountryChina, Japan, Taiwan
RegionAsia
SectionDiploclinium
Chr 2n26
Plant TypeTuberous - deciduous
Synonyms and CommentsEtymology: Latin grandis (magnificent or tall); B.obliqua auct. 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;
ReferenceDryander, 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 ReferencesTebbitt, 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 ReferencesJBS, 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;