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Begonia

Index Begonia

Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 59 relations: Africa, American Begonia Society, Asia, Award of Garden Merit, Bamboo, Begonia acetosa, Begonia acutifolia, Begonia amphioxus, Begonia × tuberhybrida, Begonia coccinea, Begonia cucullata, Begonia foliosa, Begonia froebelii, Begonia grandis, Begonia masoniana, Begonia obliqua, Begonia peltatifolia, Begoniaceae, Berry (botany), Botany, Cane begonia, Capsule (fruit), Carl Linnaeus, Central America, Charles Plumier, Cultivar, Epiphyte, Flowering plant, Fruit, Genus, Gynoecium, Haiti, Hardiness zone, Herb, Hillebrandia, Houseplant, Hybrid (biology), International Cultivar Registration Authority, Kimjongilia, Leaf, List of the largest genera of flowering plants, Michel Bégon (naturalist), Monoecy, North Korea, Ovary (botany), Oxalic acid, Perennial, Petal, Plant stem, Rhizome, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. Cucurbitales genera

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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American Begonia Society

The American Begonia Society is a horticultural society devoted to the promotion, cultivation, and study of begonias (plant family Begoniaceae).

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Bamboo

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Begonia and Bamboo are garden plants.

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Begonia acetosa

Begonia acetosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southeastern Brazil.

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Begonia acutifolia

Begonia acutifolia, the holly-leaf begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Cuba and Jamaica, and introduced to Saint Helena.

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Begonia amphioxus

Begonia amphioxus is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, section Petermannia, native to Sabah state, Malaysia.

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Begonia × tuberhybrida

Tuberous begonias (Begonia × tuberhybrida Voss, also known as the Tuberhybrida Group or the Tuberosa Group) are a group of Begonia cultivars, sometimes regarded as some of the most spectacular of the genus.

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Begonia coccinea

Begonia coccinea, the scarlet begonia, is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae.

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Begonia cucullata

Begonia cucullata, also known as clubbed begonia, The PLANTS Database. Begonia and begonia cucullata are garden plants.

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Begonia foliosa

Begonia foliosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Colombia and Venezuela.

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Begonia froebelii

Begonia froebelii is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae.

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Begonia grandis

Begonia grandis, the hardy begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae.

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Begonia masoniana

Begonia masoniana, the iron cross begonia, is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern China and northern Vietnam.

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Begonia obliqua

Begonia obliqua is the type species of the genus Begonia and the species to which Plumier first gave the name Begonia.

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Begonia peltatifolia

Begonia peltatifolia is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae.

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Begoniaceae

Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with two genera and about 2040 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World.

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Berry (botany)

In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Cane begonia

The cane begonias are a group of Begonia cultivars.

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Capsule (fruit)

In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Charles Plumier

Charles Plumier (20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a French botanist after whom the frangipani genus Plumeria is named.

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Cultivar

A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Flowering plant

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gynoecium

Gynoecium (gynoecia) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Herb

In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances.

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Hillebrandia

Hillebrandia sandwicensis is a species of a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to some of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Houseplant

A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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International Cultivar Registration Authority

An International Cultivation Registration Authority (ICRA) is an organization responsible for ensuring that the names of plant cultivars and cultivar groups are defined and not duplicated.

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Kimjongilia

Kimjongilia is a flower named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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List of the largest genera of flowering plants

There are over 56 genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 described species.

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Michel Bégon (naturalist)

Michel Bégon (25 December 1638 – 14 March 1710) was a French colonial official and naturalist.

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Monoecy

Monoecy (adj. monoecious) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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Ovary (botany)

In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.

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Oxalic acid

Oxalic acid is an organic acid with the systematic name ethanedioic acid and chemical formula, also written as or or.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Plant stem

A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1697 to 1804.

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Section (botany)

In botany, a section (sectio) is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Stamen

The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Taxon (journal)

Taxon is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering plant taxonomy.

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Variegation

The rare rainforest plant, ''Cryptocarya williwilliana'', showing leaf venation and variegated leaves Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves and sometimes the stems and fruit of plants.

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See also

Cucurbitales genera

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia

Also known as Begonias, Begoniella, Casparya, Cladomischus, Cyathocnemis, Diploclinium, Doratometra, Eupetalum, Ewaldia, Falkea, Gaerdtia, Gireoudia, Huszia, Knesebeckia, Lauchea, Mezierea, Mitscherlichia, Moschkowitzia, Nephromischus, Pilderia, Platycentrum, Platyclinium, Reichenheimia, Rossmannia, Sassea, Saueria, Scheidweileria, Semibegoniella, Sphenanthera, Stibadotheca, Symbegonia, Tittelbachia, Trachelocarpus, Trendelenburgia, Trilomisa, Weilbachia.

, Royal Horticultural Society, Saint-Domingue, Section (botany), Sepal, South America, Stamen, Synonym (taxonomy), Taxon (journal), Variegation.