Begonia

***Begonia*** is a genus o perennial flouerin plants in the faimily Begoniaceae. The genus contains aboot 1,400 different plant species. The Begonias are native tae moist subtropical an tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown induirs as ornamental hooseplants in cuiler climates. In cuiler climates some species are cultivatit ootside in simmertime for thair bricht colourful flouers.

## Description
Wi aroond 1,500 species, *Begonia* is the saxt-lairgest angiosperm genus. The species are terrestrial (sometimes epiphytic) yerbs or unnershrubs, an occur in subtropical an tropical moist climates, in Sooth an Central Americae, Africae, an soothren Asie. Terrestrial species in the wild are commonly upricht-stemmed, rhizomatous, or tuberous.  The plants are monoecious, wi unisexual male an female flouers occurrin separately on the same plant; the male contains numerous stamens, an the female haes a lairge inferior ovary an two tae fower branched or twistit stigmas. In maist species, the fruit is a winged capsule containin numerous minute seeds, altho baccate fruits are an aa kent. The leaves, which are eften lairge an variously merked or variegated, are uisually asymmetric (unequal-sidit).

## Species an cultivars
### Species

Species include:

* *[[Begonia acerifolia]]*
* *[[Begonia acetosa]]* Vell.
* *[[Begonia adpressa]]*
* *[[Begonia aequatorialis]]*
* *[[Begonia aequilateralis]]*
* *[[Begonia aeranthos]]*
* *[[Begonia albo-picta]]* W.Bull
* *[[Begonia argenteo-guttata]]*
* *[[Begonia asympeltata]]*
* *[[Begonia auriculata]]* Hook.
* *[[Begonia bataiensis]]* Kiew
* *[[Begonia boliviensis]]*
* *[[Begonia bonus-henricus]]*
* *[[Begonia bowerae]]* ("boweri") Ziesenh.
* *[[Begonia brandbygeana]]*
* *[[Begonia brevicyma]]* C.DC.
* *[[Begonia broussonetiifolia]]* A.DC.
* *[[Begonia cardiocarpa]]* Liebm.
* *[[Begonia carletonii]]* Standl.
* *[[Begonia carpinifolia]]* Liebm.
* *[[Begonia cavaleriei]]*
* *[[Begonia coccinea]]*
* *[[Begonia compacticaulis]]*
* *[[Begonia conchifolia]]* A. Dietr.
* *[[Begonia consobrina]]*
* *[[Begonia convallariodora]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia cooperi]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia copeyana]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia corredorana]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia cucullata var. cucullata]]* Willd.
* *[[Begonia davisii]]* Hook. f.
* *[[Begonia dentatobracteata]]*
* *[[Begonia dichroa]]*
* *[[Begonia dodsonii]]*
* *[[Begonia dregei]]*
* *[[Begonia duncan-thomasii]]*
* *[[Begonia eiromischa]]* Ridl.
* *[[Begonia estrellensis]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia exalata]]*
* *[[Begonia fimbristipula]]*
* *[[Begonia fischeri]]* Schrank
* *[[Begonia foliosa]]* Kunth
* * *[[Begonia foliosa miniata|Begonia foliosa var. miniata]]* ( = *Begonia fuchsioides* Hook.)
* *[[Begonia froebelii]]*
* *[[Begonia furfuracea]]*
* *[[Begonia fusicarpa]]* Irmsch.
* *[[Begonia geminiflora]]*
* *[[Begonia glabra]]* Aubl.
* *[[Begonia goegoensis]]* Br. N.E.
* *[[Begonia octopetala|Begonia grandiflora]]* Knowles & Westc. (syn. *Begonia octopetala* L'Hér.)
* *[[Begonia grandis]]* Dryand.
* *[[Begonia guaduensis]]* Kunth
* *[[Begonia hainanensis]]*
* *[[Begonia harlingii]]
* *Begonia hemsleyana
* *[[Begonia heracleifolia]]* Cham. & Schltdl.
* *[[Begonia heydei]]* C. DC.
* *[[Begonia hirsuta]]* Aubl.
* *[[Begonia hirtella]]*
* *[[Begonia hitchcockii]]*
* *[[Begonia holmnielseniana]]*
* *[[Begonia ignea]]* (Klotzsch) Warsz. ex A. D.C.
* *[[Begonia imperialis]]* Lem.
* *[[Begonia involucrata]]* Liebm.
* *[[Begonia listada]]*
* *[[Begonia ludwigii]]*
* *[[Begonia lugonis]]*
* *[[Begonia macrocarpa]]* Warb.
* *[[Begonia maculata]]*
* *[[Begonia mannii]]* Hook.f.
* *[[Begonia masoniana]]*
* *[[Begonia metallica]]*
* *[[Begonia multinervia]]* Liebm.
* *[[Begonia napoensis]]*
* *[[Begonia natalensis]]*
* *[[Begonia nelumbiifolia]]* Schltdl. & Cham.
* *[[Begonia neoharlingii]]
* *Begonia oaxacana* A. DC.
* *Begonia obliqua
* *[[Begonia octopetala]]* L'Héritier
* *[[Begonia oellgaardii]]*
* *[[Begonia oxyanthera]]*
* *[[Begonia oxyloba]]* Welw. ex Hook.f.
* *[[Begonia palmata]]*
* *[[Begonia parcifolia]]*
* *[[Begonia parviflora]]* Poepp. & Endl.
* *[[Begonia pearcei]]*
* *[[Begonia pectennervia]]*
* *[[Begonia pedatifida]]*
* *[[Begonia pelargoniiflora]]*
* *[[Begonia peltatifolia]]
* *Begonia plebeja* Liebm.
* *Begonia preussii
* *[[Begonia pseudoviola]]
* *Begonia quaternata* L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub.
* *Begonia rajah* Ridl.
* *Begonia rex* Putz.
* *Begonia roxburghii*
* *Begonia salaziensis*
* *Begonia schaeferi*
* *Begonia scharffii* Hook.
* *Begonia schmidtiana* Regel
* *Begonia secunda*
* *Begonia seemanniana* A. DC.
* *Begonia semhaensis*
* *Begonia semiovata* Liebm.
* *Begonia sericoneura* Liebm.
* *Begonia serotina*
* *Begonia socotrana*
* *Begonia sodiroi*
* *Begonia soli-mutata*
* *Begonia sparreana*
* *Begonia strigillosa* A. Dietr.
* *Begonia sutherlandii* Hook.f.
* *Begonia tetrandra*
* *Begonia tiger*
* *Begonia tonduzii* C. DC.
* *Begonia triramosa*
* *Begonia tropaeolifolia*
* *Begonia truncicola*
* *Begonia udisilvestris* C. DC.
* *Begonia urophylla* Hook.
* *Begonia urticae* L. f.
* *Begonia valvata*
* *Begonia veitchii*
* *Begonia venosa* Skan.
* *Begonia vestita* C. DC.
* *Begonia xerophyta*
* *Begonia ynesiae*


===Cultivars an cultivar groups===
* [[Angel wing begonia]] (hybrid)
* [[Begonia 'Immense'|*Begonia* 'Immense']]
* [[Begonia × sedenii|*Begonia* × *sedenii*]]
* [[Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum|*Begonia* × *semperflorens-cultorum*]] hort.
* [[Begonia × tuberhybrida|*Begonia* × *tuberhybrida'']] Voss - tuberous begonias (cultivar group)

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