Begonia tenera

Begonia tenera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Reichenheimia
Species: Begonia tenera

Name

Begonia tenera Dryand., 1791.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia tenera var. thwaitesii (Hook.) Jayas., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon (M.D.Dassanayake & F.R.Fosberg, eds.) 4: 141. 1983.
  • Begonia thwaitesii Hook., Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4692. 1853.
  • Begonia zeylanica Van Houtte ex Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 204. 1856.
  • Reichenheimia thwaitesii (Hook.) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 175. 1855.
  • Reichenheimia zeylanica Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 204. 1856.

Hybrids

• Begonia × eximia Lem.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Regional:Southeastern Asie SW. India, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Dryander, J.C. 1791. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London 1169. t. 16.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia tenera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia tenera. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 18 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia tenera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 18.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia tenera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

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