Begonia nelumbiifolia

Begonia nelumbiifolia

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 nelumbiifolia

Name

Begonia nelumbiifolia Cham. & Schltdl.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gireoudia nelumbiifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 125 (1854).
• Heterotypic
  • Begonia derycxiana Lem., Hort. Universel 5: 355 (1844).
  • Begonia hernandiifolia Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 125 (1854), pro syn.
  • Begonia peltata Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 219 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia caudilimba C.DC., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12): 9 (1919).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panam; Puerto Rico Continental: Northern America Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schott, H.W., 1830. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 5:604.
• 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 nelumbiifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia nelumbiifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 15 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia nelumbiifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia nelumbiifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Begonia nelumbiifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Lilypad Begonia

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