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Begonia L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 2: 1056.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Cucurbitales
family
Begoniaceae
genus
Begonia

Name

Synonyms
Augustia Klotzsch
Barya Klotzsch
Begoniella Oliv.
Casparya Klotzsch
Cladomischus Klotzsch ex A.DC.
Cyathocnemis Klotzsch
Diploclinium Lindl.
Diploclinium Lindley ex R.Wight, 1852
Donaldia Klotzsch
Doratometra Klotzsch
Eupetalum Lindl.
Ewaldia Klotzsch
Falkea J.Koenig ex Steud.
Gaerdtia Klotzsch
Gireoudia Klotzsch
Gurltia Klotzsch
Haagea Klotzsch
Huszia Klotzsch
Isopteryx Klotzsch
Knesebeckia Klotzsch
Homonyms
Begonia L.
Common names
Begonia in English
Begonia nuda in Portuguese
Begonias in English
Begonias in English
Begonias in English
Begonien in German
Begonija in Lithuanian
Begonio in Esperanto
Begonya in Turkish
Begoonien in language.
Begônia in Portuguese
Begônias in Portuguese
Bégonia in French
Bégonia, Bégonie in French
Bégonia, Bégonie in French
Bégonias in French
Hariang in Indonesian
Thu Hải Đường in Vietnamese
begonia in English
begonia in English
begonias in English
begoniaslekta in Norwegian Bokmål
begoniat in Finnish
begonie in Danish
begonior in Swedish
begónia in Slovak
begónie in Czech
Бегония in Bulgarian
Бегонія in Ukrainian
บีโกเนีย ส้มกุ้ง สันดานหิน ก้ามกุ้ง ฯลฯ in Thai
シュウカイドウ属 in Japanese
ベゴニア属 in Japanese
秋海棠属 in Chinese
秋海棠屬 in Chinese
베고니아속 in Korean
begoniaslekta in Nynorsk, Norwegian
begoniaslekta in Norwegian Bokmål
begonior in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2026) Plants of the World Online
  2. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  3. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
  5. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  6. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  7. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  8. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  9. Linnæus (Linnaeus) (1753) Species plantarum
  10. Moonlight, Ardi, Padilla, Chung, Fuller, Girmansyah, Hollands, Jara-Muñoz, Kiew, Leong, Liu, Mahardika, Marasinghe, O'Connor, Peng, Pérez, Phutthai, Pullan, Rajbhandary, Reynel, Rubite, Sang, Scherberich, Shui, Tebbitt, Thomas, Wilson, Zaini & Hughes (2018) Dividing and conquering the fastest-growing genus: Towards a natural sectional classification of the mega-diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae)
  11. SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997
  12. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria & The Australian National Herbarium (2026) International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
  13. as per family
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