- Family: Begoniaceae C.Agardh
- Genus: Begonia L.
Begonia humilis Aiton
- Genus: Begonia L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Lesser Antilles to S. Tropical America.
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Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Madagascar, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania
Synonyms
- Begonia alemanii Brade
- Begonia guyanensis var. cearensis C.DC.
- Begonia haematotricha Boiss. ex A.DC.
- Begonia hirsuta A.DC.
- Begonia humilis var. porteriana (Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.) A.DC.
- Begonia lokobeensis Humbert
- Begonia lucida Haw.
- Begonia meyeniana Walp.
- Begonia pavoniana A.DC.
- Begonia porteriana Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Begonia subhumilis A.DC.
- Pilderia hirsuta Klotzsch
Other Data
Begonia humilis Aiton appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (8 records)
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2014 | Spruce, R. [3982a], Peru | K000006027 | ||
| 11563.000 | ||||
| K000536596 | ||||
| Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru | K000006023 | |||
| Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru | K000006024 | |||
| Fendler, A. [516], Venezuela | K000536757 | |||
| Crueger [s.n.], Trinidad & Tobago | K000536595 | |||
| s.coll. [8] | Begonia subhumilis | K000536756 |
Bibliography
First published in Hort. Kew. 3: 353 (1789)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Golding, J. & Wasshausen, D.C. (2002). Begoniaceae, edition 2 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 43: 1-289.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Sources
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0