Begonia villifolia, D. Boufford 44116--China. Yunnan. Lao jun Shan. 30 Apr 2018. DSC00424 (150).JPG
Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Malipo Xian. (Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Malipo County)
22.942222, 104.594444
Location Remarks
Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
In forest at base of slope at upper edge of flat area above stream. Herbs, ca. 0.7 m tall, succulent; stems and inflorescences with red trichomes; petals white; anthers yellow.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia
Specific Epithet
villifolia
Authorship
Irmsch.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#208,109 of 335,497
Top 63%
Extinction probability
10%
