Begoniaceae

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genera: Begonia – Hillebrandia
Name

Begoniaceae C. Agardh Aphor. Bot. 200. (1824) nom. cons.

Type genus: Begonia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1056. (1753)

References

Agardh, C.A. 1824. Aphorismi Botanici 200.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begoniaceae in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Begoniaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 29.
Golding, J. & Wasshausen, D.C., Begoniaceae, Ed. 2, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43 2002
Doorenbos, J., Sosef, M.S.M., & de Wilde, J.J.F.E., The Sections of Begonia, Wageningen Agr. Univ. 1998
Shui,Y-M, Peng,C-I. & Wu,C-Y., Synopsis of the Chinese species of Begonia (Begoniaceae), with a reappraisal of sectional delimitation, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin 43:313. 2002
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: بغونيات
català: Begònia
čeština: kysalovité
Deutsch: Schiefblattgewächse
Esperanto: Begoniacoj
español: Begoniáceas
eesti: Begoonialised
فارسی: بگونیا
suomi: Begoniakasvit, Vinolehtikasvit
Nordfriisk: Begoonien
français: Bégoniacées
hrvatski: Begonijevke
hornjoserbsce: Begonijowe rostliny
magyar: Begóniafélék
հայերեն: Բեգոնազգիներ
한국어: 베고니아과
kurdî: Famîleya begonyayan
lietuvių: Begoniniai
മലയാളം: ബിഗോണിയേസീ
Nederlands: Begoniafamilie
norsk: Begoniafamilien
polski: Begoniowate
română: Begoniacee
русский: Бегониевые
svenska: Begoniaväxter
తెలుగు: బెగోనియేసి
ไทย: วงศ์ดาดตะกั่ว
Türkçe: Begonyagiller
українська: Бегонієві
Tiếng Việt: Họ Thu hải đường
中文: 秋海棠科

Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with two genera and about 2040 species[2] occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World.[3] All but one of the species are in the genus Begonia. There have been many recent discoveries of species in the genus Begonia, such as Begonia truncatifolia which is endemic to San Vincente, Palawan. B. truncatifolia is smaller in size than other species of the genus Begonia and this new species is proposed Critically Endangered by standards set by the IUCN.[4] The only other genus in the family, Hillebrandia, is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and has a single species.[5] Phylogenetic work supports Hillebrandia as the sister taxon to the rest of the family.[5] The genus Symbegonia was reduced to a section of Begonia in 2003, as molecular phylogenies had shown it to be derived from within that genus.[6] Members of the genus Begonia are well-known and popular houseplants.

Begonia flowers

Begonia pseudolubbersii

References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
Laura Lowe Forrest, Mark Hughes & Peter M. Hollingsworth (2005). "A phylogeny of Begonia using nuclear ribosomal sequence data and morphological characters". Systematic Botany. 30 (3): 671–682. doi:10.1600/0363644054782297. S2CID 85909059.
Bustamante, Rene Alfred Anton; Tandang, Danilo N.; Pranada, Mc Andrew K.; Ang, Yu Pin (2020-09-04). "Begonia truncatifolia (Begoniaceae, section Baryandra), a new species from Palawan Island, the Philippines". Phytotaxa. 458 (3): 215–222. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.458.3.4. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 225332921.
Wendy L. Clement; Mark C. Tebbitt; Laura L. Forrest; Jaime E. Blair; Luc Brouillet; Torsten Eriksson; Susan M. Swensen (2004). "Phylogenetic position and biogeography of Hillebrandia sandwicensis (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict". American Journal of Botany. 91 (6): 905–917. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.6.905. PMID 21653447.

L. L. Forrest & P. M. Hollingsworth (2003). "A recircumscription of Begonia based on nuclear ribosomal sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 241 (3–4): 193–211. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0033-y. S2CID 26838959.