Etymology: uncertain; B. barbata auct. non Wallich ex A. de Candolle: Wallich. Numer. List:129, no. 3679 B. 1831, pro parte, nomen nudum, sphalmate: there is no number 3679B (J.G.). —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:645. 1879. [= rubrovenia W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 79:pl. 4689. 1853.] —H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47:143. 1972.; rubrovenia W. J. Hooker. 1853.; rubronervia hort.ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :160. 1855.; hetacoa H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47:143. 1972., errore typographico pro hatacoa F. Hamilton ex D. Don. 1825.
Reference
Prodr. Fl. Nepal, :223. 1825. — J. Golding, Begonian 73:206-210, pls. 1-4. 2006. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13,
Begoniaceae 14:178. 2007.; JGSL9/08
Article References
Tebbitt, Begonias 5:143-44. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 136, 2018
Photo References
Murotani, Begonia in Colour :80. 1983; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.111. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 136, 2018; Begonias, Misono 1974: 145 (247);