Begonia longifolia

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: Begonia longifolia

Name

Begonia longifolia Blume, 1823.

• Type specimen: Java, Salak, Blume 740 (holo B).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Diploclinium longifolium (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 687. 1856.

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia aptera Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: 122 (1911) nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Begonia crassirostris Irmsch., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 513. 1939.
  • Begonia hayatae Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 282 (1919)
  • Begonia inflata C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 636. 1879.
  • Begonia sarcocarpa Ridl., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8(4): 38. 1917.
  • Begonia tricornis Ridl., J. Roy. Asiat. Soc., Straits Br. 75: 35. 1917.
  • Begonia trisulcata (A.DC.) Warb., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6A): 142. 1894.
  • Begonia turbinata Ridl., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8(4): 37. 1917.
  • Casparya trisulcata A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., IV 11: 119. 1859.
  • Diploclinium longifolium var. luxurians Miq. ex Koord. in Exkurs.-Fl. Java 2: 650 (1912)

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1823. Catalogus 102.

Additional references

• Hughes, M. & Girmansyah, D. 2011. A revision of Begonia sect. Sphenanthera (Hassk.) Warb. from Sumatra. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 62 (2): 27–39.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Begonia longifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 June 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Begonia longifolia. Published online. Accessed: June 15 2026. Reference page.