Biology:Begonia acutifolia
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia
Begonia acutifolia | |
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At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. acutifolia
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Binomial name | |
Begonia acutifolia | |
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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.[1][2] Shade tolerant, it is kept as a house plant, or outside in USDA hardiness zone 9b or warmer.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Begonia acutifolia Jacq.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317883-2.
- ↑ "Begonia acutifolia Jacq. holly-leaf begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/58567/i-Begonia-acutifolia-i-Jacq/Details.
- ↑ Van Huylenbroeck, J.; Eeckhaut, T.; Leus, L.; Van Laere, K.; Dhooghe, E. (2019). "Introgression of wild germplasm into cultivated ornamental plants". Acta Horticulturae (1240): 13–20. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1240.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q5724547 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia acutifolia.
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