| Author: |
C. Otto &
F. Dietrich, 1836 |
| Family: |
BEGONIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cape, Natal
Province, South Africa |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
30
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Maple Leaf Begonia |
| Synonyms: |
Begonia natalensis,
Hooker.
Begonia richardsiana,
T. Moore.
Augustia dregei, Klotzsch, 1855.
Augustia natalensis, Klotzsch
Augustia suffruticosa, Klotzsch
Begonia partita,
Irmsch.
Begonia parvifolia, Graham
Begonia richardsoniana, Houllet
Begonia rubicunda, A.DC.
Begonia suffruticosa, Meisn. |
This member of the Begoniaceae family was described by Christoph
Friedrich Otto and Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich
in 1836. It is from the Cape and Natal province in southern South Africa. It grow in rich peat with
plenty of water and some sun. The caudex will grow to ten centimetres,
the stems to 30 centimetres. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and
seeds.
The genera name after Michel
Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of French Haiti. The species
name honours Johann Franz Drège, 1794-1881, a German plant
collector and explorer who worked extensively in South Africa. |
