Begonia obliqua

Begonia obliqua

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. Begonia
Species: Begonia obliqua

Name

Begonia obliqua L., (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Begonia purpurea Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 86 (1788), nom. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Begonia disticha Klotzsch, Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 122 (1854), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia dominicalis A.DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 15(1): 366 (1864).
  • Begonia grandiflora Jacq., Collectanea 1: 128 (1786).
  • Begonia macrophylla Dryand., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 164 (1791), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia macrophylla Lam., Encycl. 1: 394 (1785).
  • Begonia macrophylla var. discolor (Klotzsch) J.Door. ex F.A.Barkley & Golding, Sp. Begon., ed. 2: 74 (1974).
  • Begonia martinicensis A.DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 11: 123 (1859).
  • Begonia obliqua Jacq. ex Steud., Nom. ed. 2, 1: 194 (1840), nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Begonia odorata Willd., Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 64 (1814).
  • Begonia rotundifolia Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 304 (1860), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia suaveolens Haw., Bot. Cab. (Loddiges) 1: t. 69 (1817).

Hybrids

• Begonia × digswelliana Dombrain

Homonyms

• • Begonia obliqua Thunb. (1784) = Begonia grandis subsp. grandis
  • Begonia obliqua L'Hér. (1789) = Begonia minor Jacq.
  • Begonia obliqua Vell. (1831) = Begonia fischeri Schrank
  • Begonia obliqua Ruiz ex A.DC. (1864), nom. inval. = Begonia cyathophora Poepp. & Endl.
  • Begonia odorata Paxt. (1789) = Begonia minor Jacq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Lesser Antilles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1056. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia obliqua 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 obliqua. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 15 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia obliqua in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia obliqua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Begonia obliqua in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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