Biology:Begonia sanguinea
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia
Begonia sanguinea | |
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At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
Botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. sanguinea
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Binomial name | |
Begonia sanguinea Raddi
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pritzelia sanguinea (Raddi) Klotzsch |
Begonia sanguinea, the beefsteak begonia or blood-red begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil.[1][2] Valued for the deep red color of the abaxial surface of their leaves, they are easy to propagate from cuttings.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Begonia sanguinea Raddi". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105655-1.
- ↑ "Begonia sanguinea beefsteak begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/20103/Begonia-sanguinea/Details. "Other common names; ... Fleisch-blattler"
- ↑ Boynton, Kenneth R. (29 June 1925). "Begonia sanguinea". Addisonia 10 (Part 1): 6–7. https://books.google.com/books?id=OcswAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q5724713 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia sanguinea.
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