Begonia foliosa

Begonia foliosa

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. Lepsia
Species: Begonia foliosa

Name

Begonia foliosa Kunth, 1825.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Begonia foliosa var. typica L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub., Caldasia 4: 191. 1946, nom. inval.
  • Lepsia foliosa (Kunth) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 182. 1855.

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia elegans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 182. 1825.
  • Begonia foliosa Poepp. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 376. 1864, pro syn.
  • Begonia foliosa var. amplifolia L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub., Caldasia 4: 198. 1946.
  • Begonia foliosa var. australis L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub., Caldasia 4: 194. 1946.
  • Begonia foliosa var. major (L.B.Sm.) Dorr, Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 260. 1999.
  • Begonia foliosa var. microphylla (Klotzsch) Dorr, Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 261. 1999.
  • Begonia foliosa var. putzeysiana (A.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub., Caldasia 4: 192. 1946.
  • Begonia foliosa var. rotundata L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub., Caldasia 4: 192. 1946.
  • Begonia jamesoniana A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 11: 139. 1859.
  • Begonia microphylla (Klotzsch) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 375. 1864.
  • Begonia microphylla var. major L.B.Sm., Phytologia 33: 441. 1976.
  • Begonia poeppigiana (Klotzsch) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 376. 1864.
  • Begonia putzeysiana A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 11: 139. 1859.
  • Begonia splendens A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 375. 1864, pro syn.
  • Casparya elegans (Kunth) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 127. 1854.
  • Lepsia microphylla Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 182. 1855.
  • Lepsia poeppigiana Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 183. 1855.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Northern South America Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kunth, C.S. in Humboldt, F.W.H.A.v. & al. 1825. Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 183.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia foliosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia foliosa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia foliosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia foliosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Begonia foliosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

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