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Taxon:
Begonia rex
Putz.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Begonia
Section:
Platycentrum
Family:
Begoniaceae
Nomen number:
6690
Place of publication:
J. Gén. Hort. 12:141, t. 1255, 1258. 1858
Verified:
11/13/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Begonia longiciliata
C. Y. Wu
No images
Reference(s)
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Doorenbos, J. et al.
1998. The sections of
Begonia
. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 98-2:2.
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Golding, J. & D. C. Wasshausen.
2002. Begoniaceae, edition 2. Part 1: annotated species list. Part II: illustrated key, abridgement and supplement. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43:126.
Hajra, P. K. et al., eds.
1996-. Materials for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Moonlight, P. W. et al.
2018. Dividing and conquering the fastest-growing genus: Towards a natural sectional classification of the mega-diverse genus
Begonia
(Begoniaceae). Taxon 67:267-323.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
as a member of section
Platycentrum
(Klotzsch) A. DC.
Shui, Y.-M. et al.
2002. Synopsis of the Chinese species of
Begonia
(Begoniaceae), with a reappraisal of sectional delimitation. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43:321.
Smith, L. B. et al.
1986. Begoniaceae. Part I: Illustrated key. Part II: Annotated species list. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 60:223-224.
URL:
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
Zhong Guo & Hua Jing.
1993. China floral encyclopaedia.
Common names
English
king begonia –
Reference(s)
painted-leaf begonia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Arunachal Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Assam
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Assam, Arunachal Pradesh]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Name
References