Begonia

Begonia is a genus o perennial flouerin plants in the faimily Begoniaceae. The genus contains aboot 1,400 different plant species. The Begonias are native tae moist subtropical an tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown induirs as ornamental hooseplants in cuiler climates. In cuiler climates some species are cultivatit ootside in simmertime for thair bricht colourful flouers.

Begonia
Begonia cultivars
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Faimily:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia L.
Species
See text

Pink flouerin Begonia

Description

Wi aroond 1,500 species, Begonia is the saxt-lairgest angiosperm genus. The species are terrestrial (sometimes epiphytic) yerbs or unnershrubs, an occur in subtropical an tropical moist climates, in Sooth an Central Americae, Africae, an soothren Asie. Terrestrial species in the wild are commonly upricht-stemmed, rhizomatous, or tuberous. The plants are monoecious, wi unisexual male an female flouers occurrin separately on the same plant; the male contains numerous stamens, an the female haes a lairge inferior ovary an two tae fower branched or twistit stigmas. In maist species, the fruit is a winged capsule containin numerous minute seeds, altho baccate fruits are an aa kent. The leaves, which are eften lairge an variously merked or variegated, are uisually asymmetric (unequal-sidit).

Species an cultivars

Species

Species include:

• Begonia acerifolia
• Begonia acetosa Vell.
• Begonia adpressa
• Begonia aequatorialis
• Begonia aequilateralis
• Begonia aeranthos
• Begonia albo-picta W.Bull
• Begonia argenteo-guttata
• Begonia asympeltata
• Begonia auriculata Hook.
• Begonia bataiensis Kiew
• Begonia boliviensis
• Begonia bonus-henricus
• Begonia bowerae ("boweri") Ziesenh.
• Begonia brandbygeana
• Begonia brevicyma C.DC.
• Begonia broussonetiifolia A.DC.
• Begonia cardiocarpa Liebm.
• Begonia carletonii Standl.
• Begonia carpinifolia Liebm.
• Begonia cavaleriei
• Begonia coccinea
• Begonia compacticaulis
• Begonia conchifolia A. Dietr.
• Begonia consobrina
• Begonia convallariodora C. DC.
• Begonia cooperi C. DC.
• Begonia copeyana C. DC.
• Begonia corredorana C. DC.
• Begonia cucullata var. cucullata Willd.
• Begonia davisii Hook. f.
• Begonia dentatobracteata
• Begonia dichroa
• Begonia dodsonii
• Begonia dregei
• Begonia duncan-thomasii
• Begonia eiromischa Ridl.
• Begonia estrellensis C. DC.
• Begonia exalata
• Begonia fimbristipula
• Begonia fischeri Schrank
• Begonia foliosa Kunth
• * Begonia foliosa var. miniata ( = Begonia fuchsioides Hook.)
• Begonia froebelii
• Begonia furfuracea
• Begonia fusicarpa Irmsch.
• Begonia geminiflora
• Begonia glabra Aubl.
• Begonia goegoensis Br. N.E.
• Begonia grandiflora Knowles & Westc. (syn. Begonia octopetala L'Hér.)
• Begonia grandis Dryand.
• Begonia guaduensis Kunth
• Begonia hainanensis
• Begonia harlingii
• Begonia hemsleyana
• Begonia heracleifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
• Begonia heydei C. DC.
• Begonia hirsuta Aubl.
• Begonia hirtella
• Begonia hitchcockii
• Begonia holmnielseniana
• Begonia ignea (Klotzsch) Warsz. ex A. D.C.
• Begonia imperialis Lem.
• Begonia involucrata Liebm.
• Begonia listada
• Begonia ludwigii
• Begonia lugonis
• Begonia macrocarpa Warb.
• Begonia maculata
• Begonia mannii Hook.f.
• Begonia masoniana
• Begonia metallica
• Begonia multinervia Liebm.
• Begonia napoensis
• Begonia natalensis
• Begonia nelumbiifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
• Begonia neoharlingii
• Begonia oaxacana A. DC.
• Begonia obliqua
• Begonia octopetala L'Héritier
• Begonia oellgaardii
• Begonia oxyanthera
• Begonia oxyloba Welw. ex Hook.f.
• Begonia palmata
• Begonia parcifolia
• Begonia parviflora Poepp. & Endl.
• Begonia pearcei
• Begonia pectennervia
• Begonia pedatifida
• Begonia pelargoniiflora
• Begonia peltatifolia
• Begonia plebeja Liebm.
• Begonia preussii
• Begonia pseudoviola
• Begonia quaternata L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub.
• Begonia rajah Ridl.
• Begonia rex Putz.
• Begonia roxburghii
• Begonia salaziensis
• Begonia schaeferi
• Begonia scharffii Hook.
• Begonia schmidtiana Regel
• Begonia secunda
• Begonia seemanniana A. DC.
• Begonia semhaensis
• Begonia semiovata Liebm.
• Begonia sericoneura Liebm.
• Begonia serotina
• Begonia socotrana
• Begonia sodiroi
• Begonia soli-mutata
• Begonia sparreana
• Begonia strigillosa A. Dietr.
• Begonia sutherlandii Hook.f.
• Begonia tetrandra
• Begonia tiger
• Begonia tonduzii C. DC.
• Begonia triramosa
• Begonia tropaeolifolia
• Begonia truncicola
• Begonia udisilvestris C. DC.
• Begonia urophylla Hook.
• Begonia urticae L. f.
• Begonia valvata
• Begonia veitchii
• Begonia venosa Skan.
• Begonia vestita C. DC.
• Begonia xerophyta
• Begonia ynesiae

Cultivars an cultivar groups

• Angel wing begonia (hybrid)
• Begonia 'Immense'
• Begonia × sedenii
• Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum hort.
• Begonia × tuberhybrida Voss - tuberous begonias (cultivar group)