Begonia sect. Gobenia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: Begonia sect. Gobenia
Species: B. aeranthos – B. callistemon – B. cordillerae – B. hederacea – B. hitchcockii – B. maurandiae – B. pseudomaurandiae – B. pululahuana – B. segregata – B. tropaeolifolia – B. truncicola

Name

Begonia sect. Gobenia A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 4, 11: 119. (1859)

• Type species: Begonia maurandiae A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 119 (1859) lectotype designated by Barkley & Baranov (1972)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Begonia subgen. Gobenia (A.DC.) Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen, Taxon. Begonias 93 (2019)

References

Primary references

• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de 1859. Mémoires sur la famille des Bégoniacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Botanique série 4, 11: 93–149. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barkley F.A. & Baranov A. 1972. The sections of the Begoniaceae. Buxtonian 1 (Suppl. 1): 1–8
• Moonlight, P.W., Jara-Muñoz, O.A., Purvis, D.A., Delves, J., Allen, J.P. & Reynel, C., 2023. The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 881: 1-334. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.881.2175 Reference page. 
• Tebbitt, M.C. & Pérez, Á.J. 2022. A revision of Begonia Section Gobenia. Systematic Botany Monographs 113: 1-62. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Begonia sect. Gobenia. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Begonia sect. Gobenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 June 2026. Reference page.