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5397.000 Begonia
Description of the genus
Leaves asymmetric, palmate-veined, lobed. Tepals pink, orange, yellow or white; 5 in male flowers, 4 in female flowers. Fruits 3-winged. Worldwide: 900 species in tropical and warm regions, especially America Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| coccinea Hook. | E | |
| sonderiana Irmsch. | E | Description, Image |
| sutherlandii Hook.f. subsp. latior (Irmsch.) Kupicha | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Begonia:
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Flora of Burundi: BegoniaFlora of the DRC: Begonia
Flora of Malawi: Begonia
Flora of Mozambique: Begonia
Flora of Rwanda: Begonia
Flora of Zambia: Begonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Begonia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BegoniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Begonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Begonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Begonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Begonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Begonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Begonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Begonia
Plants of the World Online: Begonia
Tropicos: Begonia
Wikipedia: Begonia
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