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March 2019

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genus

Begonia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 1056. (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000004308.

Species in Begonia ( showing species 1 to 10 of 1600)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Begonia abbottii Urb. Repert. Bot. Syst. 18: 192. (1922) wfo-0000823231
Begonia abdullahpieei Kiew Begonias Penins. Malaysia 252. (2005) wfo-0000823232
Begonia aberrans Irmsch. Webbia 9: 483. (1953) wfo-0000823234
Begonia aborensis Dunn Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 109. (1920) wfo-0000823235
Begonia acaulis Merr. & L.M.Perry J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 43, pl.1 l–q. (1943) wfo-0000823237
Begonia acclivis Coyle Edinburgh J. Bot. 67 (1): 125. figs.1-2. (2010) wfo-0000917174
Begonia acerifolia Kunth in Humboldt F.W.H.A.v., Bonpland A.J.A. & Kunth K.S., Nov. Gen. Sp. 7(folia 142): quarto 186, pl.644. (1825) wfo-0000823238
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Begonia dolabrifera C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 8: 324 1908 wfo-0000823859
Begonia aceroides Irmsch. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 100. (1953) wfo-0000823239
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Begonia burkillii Irmsch. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 8: 116 1929 wfo-0000823560
Begonia acetosa Vell. Fl. Flum. Icones "1827": 10, pl.50. (1831) wfo-0000823240
Begonia acetosella Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 153. (1912) wfo-0000823241
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Begonia tetragona Irmsch. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 515 1939 wfo-0000825727
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Begonia acetosella var. acetosella Unknown wfo-0000833857

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Begonia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Begonia alba-coccinea hort. 1: 378 378 1847 wfo-0001266457
Begonia albiflora hort. ex Klotzsch Monatsber. Konigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 126 126 1854 wfo-0001266458
Begonia ameliae Bruant ex Duch. J. Soc. Natl. Hort. France 1886: 153 1886 wfo-0000823305
Begonia anemonoides Azara Voy. Îles Afrique 2: 503 503 1809 wfo-0001266460
Begonia angustifoia Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 493 493 1880 wfo-0001266463
Begonia anodaefolia A. DC. Prodr. 15(1): 307 307 1864 wfo-0001145507
Begonia argyrocoelis Hérincq Rev. Hort. III, 1: 111, 165 1847 wfo-0000823367
Begonia ascotiensis J.B.Weber Rev. Hort. 46: 17 1874 wfo-0000823378
Begonia balmisiana Ruiz ex Klotzsch Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 38 38 1855 wfo-0001145525
Begonia baumannii Lemoine Jardin 4: 273, pl. 273 1890 wfo-0001245580