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This species is accepted, and its native range is Lesser Antilles.

Native to:

Leeward Is., Windward Is.

Begonia obliqua L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Siebmann [s.n.] Begonia macrophylla K000536604
Apr 1, 1976 Imray [584], Dominica Begonia dominicalis K000536594 holotype

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1056 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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