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Begonia baccata

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Species of flowering plant

Begonia baccata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species: B. baccata
Binomial name
Begonia baccata
Hook.f.

Begonia baccata is a plant species of the genus Begonia in the family Begoniaceae, first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1866. It is endemic to São Tomé Island, and grows up to 4 metres tall. It closest relative is Begonia crateris, also endemic to São Tomé.

Illustration of Begonia baccata

References

  1. "Begonia baccata". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. Reitsma, J.M. (1984). Begonia section Baccabegonia Reitsma, sect. nov., Agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 84-3, p. 95-110

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Taxon identifiers
Begonia baccata
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