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 edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. acutifolia
Binomial name
Begonia acutifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Begonia acuminata Dryand.
  • Begonia hamiltoniana Lehm.
  • Platycentrum hamiltonianum Miq.
  • Tittelbachia hamiltoniana (Miq.) Regel

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. 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. 
  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. 
  3. 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