Systematics of begonias

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This is about the systematics of the plant genus Begonia ( Begonia L.). This genus contains up to a kind of all kinds of family of begonias plants or begoniaceae (Begoniaceae), for the family contains just another genre: Hillebrandia Olive. with the only species Hillebrandia sandwicensis Oliv. Synonyms of Begonia are: Begoniella Oliv. , Casparya Klotzsch , Diploclinium Lindl. , Gireoudia Klotzsch , Gurltia Klotzsch , Lepsia Klotzsch , Mezierea Gaudich. , Mitscherlichia Klotzsch , Pritzelia Klotzsch , Semibegoniella C.EC fish. , Symbegonia Warb. , Tittlebachia Klotzsch , Trendelenburgia Klotzsch , Wageneria Klotzsch .

Subgenera

The genus Begonia ( Begonia ) is divided into 65 sections :

  • Section Alicida
  • Section Apterobegonia
  • Section Augustia
  • Baccabegonia section
  • Section Barya
  • Section of Baryandra
  • Begonia section
  • Bracteibegonia section
  • Casparya section
  • Section Coelocentrum
  • Cristasemen section
  • Section Cyathocnemis
  • Section Diploclinium
  • Section Donaldia
  • Doratometra section
  • Section Erminea
  • Section Eupetalum
  • Filicibegonia Section
  • Section Gaerdtia
  • Section Gireoudia
  • Section Gobenia
  • Section Haagea
  • Section Heeringia
  • Hydristyles section
  • Section Knesebeckia
  • Section Lauchea
  • Section of Leprosae
  • Section of Lepsia
  • Section Loasibegonia
  • Mezierea section
  • Section monophyllon
  • Section Monopteron
  • Muscibegonia section
  • Nerviplacentaria section
  • Parietoplacentalia section
  • Parvibegonia section
  • Peltaugustia section
  • Petermannia section
  • Section Pilderia
  • Platycentrum section
  • section Pritzelia
  • Putzeysia section
  • Quadrilobaria section
  • Quadriperigonia Section
  • Reichenheimia section
  • Section Ridleyella
  • Section Rossmannia
  • Rostrobegonia section
  • Section Ruizopavonia
  • Scheidweileria section
  • Section Scutobegonia
  • Semibegoniella section
  • Sexalaria Section
  • Solananthera section
  • Sphenanthera section
  • Section Squamibegonia
  • Symbegonia section
  • Section Tetrachia
  • Section Tetraphila
  • Trachelocarpus Section
  • Trendelenburgia section
  • Urniformia section
  • Wageneria section
  • Warburgina section
  • Weilbachia section

species

There are 1400 to 1500 species in the genus Begonia ( Begonia ) (sections in brackets) (as of October 2006):

A.

Begonia acida
Begonia aconitifolia
Begonia albopicta
Begonia annulata

B.

C.

D.

E.

Begonia exotica , typical leaf begonia

F.

Begonia fuchsioides

G

Climbing begonia ( Begonia glabra )

H

I.

J

K

L.

M.

N

Begonia naumoniensis

O

P

Begonia pustulata , a leaf begonia.

Q

  • Begonia quadrialata Warb .:
    • Begonia quadrialata subsp. dusenii (Warb.) Sosef (Syn .: Begonia dusenii Warb.) (Section Alicida )
    • Begonia quadrialata subsp. nimbaensis Sosef (Section Alicida )
    • Begonia quadrialata subsp. quadrialata (Section Alicida )
  • Begonia quaternata LBSm. & BGSchub. (Section Gireoudia )
  • Begonia quercifolia A.DC. (Section Petermannia )

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T

U

V

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X

Y

Z

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Web links

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