Begoniaceae

Begonia baviensis Gagnep. albino form

Hanoi City Area, Ba Vi District, southern prat of Ba Vi National Park, Ba Vi Mountain Range. Primary and old secondary broad-leaved evergreen forest on steep slopes composed with solid shaly limestone at elevation 900–950 m a.s.l. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb to 1 m tall on steep rocky slope in shady wet place, leaves and stems uniform green with dense light green hairs, flowers pure white, tepals and ovary outside with long light green hairs, anthers and stigma yellow. Rare.

12 November 2022, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL 1624.