Genus: Begonia
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> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Begoniaceae
About 1400 species, most of them native to tropical America
and Asia but also found in Africa; 13 species are native to southern Africa, and
an additional 21 species and two hybrids cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Begonia bunchii |
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Begonia coccinea
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia corallina |
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Begonia conchifolia
Native to Costa Rica and Panama. |
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Begonia cubensis
Native to Cuba. |
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Begonia cucullata
Native from Brazil to Argentina. See McLellan et al.
(1994). |
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Begonia eminii
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Begonia foliosa
Native from Venezuela to Ecuador. |
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Begonia hemsleyana
Native to China. |
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Begonia hispida
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia imperialis
Native to Mexico. |
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Begonia incarnata
Native to Mexico. |
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Begonia luxurians
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia macrocarpa
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Begonia manicata
Native to Mexico. |
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Begonia phyllomaniaca
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia pustulata |
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Begonia rex
Native to India. |
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Begonia sanguinea
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia scharffiana
Native to Brazil. |
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Begonia wallichiana
Native to Mexico. |
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Begonia x ricinifolia |
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Begonia x semperflorens |
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Publications
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Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Begoniaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 174.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Hilliard, O.M. 1976. Begoniaceae. Flora of
Southern Africa 22: 137-144.
- McLellan, T. 1990. Development of differences in leaf
shape in Begonia dregei (Begoniaceae). American
Journal of Botany 77: 323–337.
- McLellan, T. 1993. The roles of heterochrony and
heteroblasty in the diversification of leaf shapes in Begonia dregei (Begoniaceae).
American Journal of
Botany 80: 796–804.
- McLellan, T., Cloete, E.C. & Bosa, A.J.N. 1994.
Naturalization of Begonia cucullata in the Port St. Johns
area, Transkei. South African Journal of Botany 60:
136–137.
- McLellan, T. & Dengler, N.G. 1995. Pattern and form
of repeated elements in the development of simple
leaves of Begonia dregei. International Journal of Plant
Sciences 156: 581–589.
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