Biology:Begonia mazae

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia

Begonia mazae
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Leaves
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. mazae
Binomial name
Begonia mazae
Ziesenh.
Synonyms[1]
  • Begonia mazae var. deminuta Ziesenh.
  • Begonia mazae f. nigricans Ziesenh.
  • Begonia mazae f. viridis Ziesenh.

Begonia mazae is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southeastern Mexico.[1] In its tropical forest habitat it grows in extremely dense shade.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Begonia mazae Ziesenh.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30748-2. 
  2. Lee, David W.; Bone, Richard A.; Tarsis, Sara L.; Storch, David (1990). "Correlates of Leaf Optical Properties in Tropical Forest Sun and Extreme-Shade Plants". American Journal of Botany 77 (3): 370–380. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1990.tb13566.x. 

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