Begonia conchifolia

Begonia conchifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Gireoudia
Species: Begonia conchifolia

Name

Begonia conchifolia A.Dietr., 1851.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gireoudia conchifolia (A.Dietr.) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 125 (1854).
• Heterotypic
  • Begonia warscewiczii Neumann, Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 3, 1: 166 (1847).
  • Begonia warscewitzii Hérincq, Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 3, 1: 166 (1847), orth. var.
  • Begonia scutellata Liebm., Mexic. Begon.: 9 (1852).
  • Gireoudia conchifolia var. scutellata (Liebm.) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 230 (1855).
  • Gireoudia conchifolia var. warscewicziana Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 217 (1855).
  • Gireoudia warscewicziana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 338 (1864), pro syn.
  • Begonia pumilio Standl., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 322 (1940), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia conchifolia var. rubrimacula Golding, Begonian 40: 189 (1973).
  • Begonia conchifolia f. rubrimacula (Golding) Tebbitt, Begonias 2005: 248 (2005).

Hybrids

• Begonia × ottoniana (Regel) A.DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Central America Costa Rica; Panam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Dietrich, A.G. 1851. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 19: 258.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia conchifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia conchifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia conchifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia conchifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

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