Biology:Begonia megaptera

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia

Begonia megaptera
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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. megaptera
Binomial name
Begonia megaptera
A.DC.

Begonia megaptera, the large winged begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Nepal, the eastern Himalaya, Assam, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.[1][2] Very rare in its native habitat, it is cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant.[3]

References

  1. "Begonia megaptera A.DC.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105182-1. 
  2. "Large Winged Begonia". Flowers of India. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Large%20Winged%20Begonia.html. 
  3. Rahman, MA; Deb, PK (2018). "Present state of knowledge on the family Begoniaceae CA Agardh (Magnoliopsida) of Bangladesh". Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management 4: 35–46. doi:10.3329/JBCBM.V4I1.37875. 

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