Begonia sect. Platycentrum

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: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Platycentrum
Species: B. abdullahpieei – B. aborensis – B. acetosella – B. adenostegia – B. aenea – B. aequilateralis – B. albopunctata – B. algaia – B. alpina – B. altissima – B. amnicola – B. annulata – B. aptera – B. areolata – B. atrofusca – B. augustinei – B. auritalata – B. aurora – B. austrotaiwanensis – B. austroyunnanensis – B. bacmeensis – B. balansana – B. baliensis – B. baviensis – B. beccariana – B. beddomei – B. bifolia – B. bouffordii – B. brevipedunculata – B. brevisetulosa – B. burkillii – B. caobangensis – B. caryotarum – B. casseabri – B. cataracta – B. cathayana – B. cathcartii – B. ceratocarpa – B. chindwinensis – B. chishuiensis – B. chitoensis – B. chlorocarpa – B. chuyunshanensis – B. circumlobata – B. coelocentroides – B. colliculata – B. coptidifolia – B. crocea – B. cucurbitifolia – B. dalaiensis – B. daweishanensis – B. decora – B. deliciosa – B. diadema – B. dicressine – B. dielsiana – B. dieuanhiae – B. difformis – B. digyna – B. discrepans – B. dryadis – B. ducii – B. duclouxii – B. dux – B. edulis – B. elegantifolia – B. emeiensis – B. erythrofolia – B. fenshuilingensis – B. flaviflora – B. formosana – B. forrestii – B. foveolata – B. fraseri – B. gagnepainiana – B. giganticaulis – B. glandulosa – B. goniotis – B. griffithiana – B. gulinqingensis – B. gungshanensis – B. hahiepiana – B. halconensis – B. handelii – B. hatacoa – B. hayamiana – B. hekouensis – B. hemsleyana – B. herveyana – B. himalaica – B. hongkongensis – B. iridescens – B. jinyunensis – B. kachinensis – B. kekarmonyingensis – B. khaophanomensis – B. kingdon-wardii – B. klossii – B. koelzii – B. koksunii – B. lacerata – B. laevis – B. lamdongiana – B. laminariae – B. langbianensis – B. latibracteata – B. lempuyangensis – B. leuserensis – B. liangguangensis – B. limprichtii – B. longanensis – B. longialata – B. longicarpa – B. longicaulis – B. longiciliata – B. longifolia – B. lophura – B. lorentzonii – B. lukuana – B. macrantha – B. macrotoma – B. maculifolia – B. maguanensis – B. manhaoensis – B. mariachristinae – B. markiana – B. maxwelliana – B. medogensis – B. megalophyllaria – B. megaptera – B. menglianensis – B. mengtzeana – B. minhaniae – B. multangula – B. multangula – B. multibracteata – B. murlenensis – B. myanmarica – B. nahauensis – B. nangunheensis – B. nantoensis – B. naraharii – B. natmataungensis – B. neisti – B. nepalensis – B. nuwakotensis – B. nyishiorum – B. obovoidea – B. obversa – B. oligocarpa – B. oreodoxa – B. oreophila – B. palmata – B. panchtharensis – B. parvibracteata – B. pasighatensis – B. paucilobata – B. paupercula – B. pavonina – B. pedatifida – B. perakensis – B. persistens – B. phouchomvoyensis – B. pingbianensis – B. pinglinensis – B. polytricha – B. praetermissa – B. pseudoedulis – B. pseudoheydei – B. pseudoscottii – B. psilophylla – B. pulchrifolia – B. pyramidata – B. qianchuanensis – B. qinzhouensis – B. quadripetiolata – B. quangnamensis – B. reflexisquamosa – B. renqinbengensis – B. repenticaulis – B. rex – B. rheifolia – B. rhoephila – B. robusta – B. rockii – B. roxburghii – B. rubinea – B. rubropunctata – B. rushforthii – B. sagaingensis – B. sandalifolia – B. satelloides – B. saxifragoides – B. scitifolia – B. scortechinii – B. scottii – B. scottii – B. siamensis – B. sikkimensis – B. silletensis – B. sizemoreae – B. smithiae – B. smithiana – B. subhowii – B. tadungensis – B. taiwaniana – B. taligera – B. tamdaoensis – B. tampinica – B. tanggamusensis – B. tarokoensis – B. tengchiana – B. tessaricarpa – B. tetralobata – B. teysmanniana – B. thomsonii – B. togashii – B. tripurensis – B. triquetra – B. truncatiloba – B. tsaii – B. tsoongii – B. tuanii – B. tuberculosa – B. tungyanshanensis – B. vallicola – B. versicolor – B. versicolor – B. villifolia – B. villosula – B. vivipara – B. voluptuaria – B. watsonii – B. wui-senioris – B. wutaiana – B. wyepingiana – B. xanthina – B. xenos – B. xuansonensis – B. yingjiangensis – B. zhongyangiana – B. zhuhaiensis – B. ziroensis – B. zonata

Nothospecies: B. × clementinae – B. × lancangensis – B. × lesoudsii – B. x malipoensis

Name

Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Klotzsch) A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 134. (1859)

Type species: Begonia xanthina Hook., Bot. Mag. 78: t. 4683 (1852)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Platycentrum Klotzsch nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Homotypic
- Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Klotzsch) A.DC.
- Begonia subg. Platycentrum (Klotzsch) C.B. Clarke
Heterotypic
- Begonia sect. Elasticae C.B. Clarke
- Begonia sect. Euplatycentrum C.B. Clarke
- Begonia sect. Holoclinium (A.DC.) Warb.
- Begonia sect. Monolobium T.C. Ku
- Begonia sect. Monopteron (A.DC.) Warb.
- Begonia sect. Polyschisma (A.DC.) Warb.
- Begonia sect. Sphenanthera (Hassk.) Warb.
- Casparya sect. Holoclinium A.DC.
- Casparya sect. Polyschisma A.DC.
- Casparya sect. Sphenanthera (Hassk.) A. DC.
- Mezierea sect. Monopteron A.DC.
- Sphenanthera Hassk.

Notes

The section was polyphyletic according to Tebbitt & al. (2006), but Moonlight et al., (2018) have re-circumscribed it rendering it monophyletic.

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. p. 134.

Additional references

Moonlight, P.W., Ardi, W.H., Padilla, L.A., Chung, K.F., Fuller, D., Girmansyah, D., Hollands, R., Jara-Muñoz, A., Kiew, R., Leong, W.C. & Liu, Y. 2018. Dividing and conquering the fastest–growing genus: Towards a natural sectional classification of the mega–diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae). Taxon 67(2): 267-323. DOI: 10.12705/672.3 Reference page.
Tebbitt, M.C., Forrest, L.L., Santoriello, A., Clement, W.L. & Swensen, S.M. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Asian Begonia, with an emphasis on the evolution of rain-ballist and animal dispersal mechanisms in sections Platycentrum, Sphenanthera and Leprosae. Systematic Botany 31(2): 327–336.

Links

Tropicos.org 2026. Begonia sect. Platycentrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 June 2026. Reference page.