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
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. sanguinea
Binomial name
Begonia sanguinea
Raddi
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. 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. 
  2. "Begonia sanguinea beefsteak begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/20103/Begonia-sanguinea/Details. "Other common names; ... Fleisch-blattler" 
  3. 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