Begonia geraniifolia

Begonia geraniifolia

Taxonavigation

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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. Eupetalum
Species: Begonia geraniifolia

Name

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Begonia geraniifolia Hook., 1835

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Eupetalum geraniifolium (Hook.) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 121 (1854).
  • Heterotypic
    • Begonia petalodes Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1757 (1835).
    • Eupetalum petalodes (Lindl.) Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 440 (1836).
    • Eupetalum lindleyanum Gaudich., Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 50 (1842).
    • Eupetalum lindleyi Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 66 (1845).
    • Begonia gaudichaudii Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 5: 769 (1846).
    • Eupetalum gaudichaudii Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 121 (1854), nom. nud.
    • Eupetalum kunthianum Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 141 (1855).
    • Eupetalum tuberosum Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 142 (1855).
    • Begonia tuberosa Ruiz ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 281 (1864), pro syn.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional:Western South America
      • Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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  • Hooker, W.J., 1835. Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed ... London 62: t. 3387.
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]
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Vernacular names

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