Biology:Begonia acutifolia
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Begonia
| Begonia acutifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. acutifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Begonia acutifolia | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ "Begonia acutifolia Jacq. holly-leaf begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/58567/i-Begonia-acutifolia-i-Jacq/Details.
- ↑ 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
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