Begonias
Begonia
Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species, distributed primarily across tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Central and South America, with Africa considered the center of origin. Some species are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants in cooler climates, or cultivated outside in summertime for their bright colorful flowers, which have petals but no sepals.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Section Ephemera
sectionEphemera
Platycentrum
sectionPlatycentrum
Bedding Begonia
hybridBegonia × semperflorens-cultorum
Gireoudia
sectionGireoudia
Quadriperigonia
sectionQuadriperigonia
Diploclinium
sectionDiploclinium
Gaerdtia
sectionGaerdtia
Pritzelia
sectionPritzelia
Casparya
sectionCasparya
Section Australes
sectionAustrales
Section Begonia
sectionBegonia
Petermannia
sectionPetermannia
Knesebeckia
sectionKnesebeckia
Lepsia
sectionLepsia
Wageneria
sectionWageneria
Cyathocnemis
sectionCyathocnemis
Doratometra
sectionDoratometra
Baryandra
sectionBaryandra
Ruizopavonia
sectionRuizopavonia
Coelocentrum
sectionCoelocentrum
Gobenia
sectionGobenia
Begonia rex-cultorum
hybridBegonia rex-cultorum
Parvibegonia
sectionParvibegonia
Begonia × lucerna
hybridBegonia × lucerna
Augustia
sectionAugustia
Eupetalum
sectionEupetalum
Lauchea
sectionLauchea
Begonia × hiemalis
hybridBegonia × hiemalis
Solananthera
sectionSolananthera
Mezierea
sectionMezierea
Tetrachia
sectionTetrachia
Parietoplacentalia
sectionParietoplacentalia
Reichenheimia
sectionReichenheimia
Pilderia
sectionPilderia
Rossmannia
sectionRossmannia
Donaldia
sectionDonaldia
Rostrobegonia
sectionRostrobegonia
Loasibegonia
sectionLoasibegonia
Hydristyles
sectionHydristyles
Trendelenburgia
sectionTrendelenburgia
Quadrilobaria
sectionQuadrilobaria
Section Ignota
sectionIgnota
Section Jackia
sectionJackia
Latistigma
sectionLatistigma
Erminea
sectionErminea
Ridleyella
sectionRidleyella
Malabarae
sectionMalabarae
Baccabegonia
sectionBaccabegonia
Barya
sectionBarya
Nerviplacentaria
sectionNerviplacentaria
Alicida
sectionAlicida
Trachelocarpus
sectionTrachelocarpus
Tetraphila
sectionTetraphila
Leprosae
sectionLeprosae
Haagea
sectionHaagea
Squamibegonia
sectionSquamibegonia
Urniformia
sectionUrniformia
Symbegonia
sectionSymbegonia
Apteron
sectionApteron
Flocciferae
sectionFlocciferae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126405.