Begonia coccinea

Begonia coccinea

Begonia coccinea

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. Pritzelia
Species: Begonia coccinea

Name

Begonia coccinea Hook., 1843.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pritzelia coccinea (Hook.) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 126. 1854.

Homonyms

• Begonia coccinea Ruiz ex Klotzsch, (1854), nom. inval. = Begonia urticae L.f.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast Regional: Caribbean Cuba; Puerto Rico; Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hooker, W.J. 1843. Botanical Magazine. London 69: t. 3990.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia coccinea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia coccinea. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia coccinea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia coccinea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Scarlet Begonia

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