Begonia heracleifolia

Begonia heracleifolia

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 heracleifolia

Name

Begonia heracleifolia Cham. & Schltdl., 1830.

Homonyms

• • Gireoudia heracleifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 125. 1854.

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia heracleifolia f. punctata (Klotzsch) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 359. 1894.
  • Begonia heracleifolia var. longipila (Lem.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 335. 1864.
  • Begonia heracleifolia var. nigricans Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4983. 1857.
  • Begonia heracleifolia var. paramadilio auct., Begonian 13: 241. 1946.
  • Begonia heracleifolia var. punctata (Klotzsch) F.Cels, Ann. Fl. Pomone 1842: 104. 1842.
  • Begonia heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii C.Chev., Begonian 5: 268. 1938.
  • Begonia jatrophifolia Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 159. 1855.
  • Begonia longipila Lem., Ill. Hort. 7: 307. 1860.
  • Begonia nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 8: 9. 1852.
  • Begonia punctata Klotzsch in J.H.F.Link & C.F.Otto, Icon. Pl. Select. 1: 16. 1828.
  • Begonia radiata Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 9(July ): 182. 1831.
  • Begonia tanacetifolia Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 194. 1840.
  • Begonia trigonoptera Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 218. 1921.
  • Eupetalum punctatum (Klotzsch) Paxton, Pocket Bot. Dict., ed. 2(Suppl.): 28. 1849.
  • Gireoudia heracleifolia var. punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 215. 1855.
  • Gireoudia heracleifolia var. viridis Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 215. 1855.
  • Gireoudia punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 125. 1854.

Hybrids

• Begonia × fuscomaculata A.E.Lange
• Begonia × heracleicotyle Veitch
• Begonia × pseudophyllomaniaca A.E.Lange
• Begonia × ricinifolia A.Dietr.

Notes

Begonia heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii C.Chev. is sometimes listed as a hybrid between this species and Begonia × ricinifolia A.Dietr. (Bolwell 2009).

References

• Bolwell, R. 2009. The International Database of the Begoniaceae, as 'Sunderbruchii'.
• Chamisso, L.K.A.v. & Schlechtendal, D.F.L.v. 1830. Linnaea 5: 603.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2011. Begonia heracleifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2011 Oct 18. Reference page. 
• Golding, J. & Wasshausen, D.C. 2002. Begoniaceae, Ed. 2, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43
• 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.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Begonia heracleifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Starleaf Begonia

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