中华秋海棠 Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis

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  • Scientific Name: Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis (A.DC.) Irmsch.
  • Ref: Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:497. 1939
  • Synonym: Begonia sinensis A.DC.
  • English Common Name: Chinese begonia
  • Chinese Common Name: 中华秋海棠 Zhōnghuá qiū∙hǎitáng
  • Japanese Common Name: チュウカシュウカイドウ [中華秋海棠] chūkashūkaidō
  • Family: Begoniaceae
  • Genus: Begonia
  • Distribution: Forests, on limestone rocks in shaded moist environments, on slopes, or in valleys; 300-3400 m. Fujian, S Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, E Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: 07/25/2012, Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Stem 20-40 cm tall, weak, usually not branched. Leaf blade abaxially pale, occasionally reddish, elliptic-ovate or triangular-ovate, 5-12(-20) × 3.5-9(-13) cm, both surfaces glabrous or subglabrous. Filaments connate for less than 2 mm. Styles connate or slightly connate at base, branched; stigma spirally tortuous, rarely U-shaped. (Flora of China)
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