Begonia tenera

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. Reichenheimia
Species: Begonia tenera

Name

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Begonia tenera Dryand., 1791.

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Begonia tenera var. thwaitesii (Hook.) Jayas., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon (M.D.Dassanayake & F.R.Fosberg, eds.) 4: 141. 1983.
    • Begonia thwaitesii Hook., Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4692. 1853.
    • Begonia zeylanica Van Houtte ex Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 204. 1856.
    • Reichenheimia thwaitesii (Hook.) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 175. 1855.
    • Reichenheimia zeylanica Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 204. 1856.

Hybrids

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asie
    • Regional:Southeastern Asie
      • SW. India, Sri Lanka

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

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Vernacular names

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