Begoniaceae

Begonia baviensis Gagnep.

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 red hairs, flowers white to light pinkish, tepals and ovary outside with long red hairs, anthers and stigma yellow. Very common.

12 November 2022, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL 1623.