on slopes in secondary forest ca. 800-1500 m. alt.
Country
China; Vietnam
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
20, 22
Plant Type
Rhizomatous - upright jointed
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;
Reference
Bot. Mag. 134:pl. 8202. 1908. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:165. 2007; JGSL9/08;
Article References
Beg. 3:5. Mar. 1936; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:96-7. 2005; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p57, 2017;
Photo References
JBS, Begonias :43. 1980; BfBEH 77 1976; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.44. 2005; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p56-57, 2017; The Begonian, Nov 1969; The Begonian, May 1947; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 29 (27); Begonias, Misono 1974: 183 top middle;
