Begonia glabra
Begonia glabra | |
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Climbing a tree | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. glabra
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Binomial name | |
Begonia glabra | |
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Begonia glabra, the climbing sorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to the New World Tropics.[1][2] An unusual vining begonia, it is popular in vivariums. Its use in the Winti Afro-Surinamese traditional religion has led to local over-collection.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Begonia glabra Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Begonia glabra climbing sorrel". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Verschuuren, Bas; McNeely, Jeffrey; Oviedo, Gonzalo; Wild, Robert (25 June 2012). Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture. p. 143. ISBN 9781136530746.
Categories:
- Begonia
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Cuba
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of North Brazil
- Flora of Northeast Brazil
- Flora of Southeast Brazil
- Plants described in 1775
- Cucurbitales stubs