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Genus: Begonia
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> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Begoniaceae
About 900 species, most of them native to tropical America
and Asia but also found in Africa where about 6 species indigenous to southern
Africa.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Begonia buttonii
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Begonia caffra |
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Begonia cucullata |
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Begonia dissecta |
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Begonia dregei |
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Begonia geranioides |
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Begonia hirtella |
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Begonia homonyma |
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Begonia natalensis |
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Begonia richardsiana |
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Begonia sonderiana |
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Begonia suffruticosa |
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Begonia sutherlandii |
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Publications
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Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Begoniaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 174.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Hilliard, O.M. 1976. Begoniaceae. Flora of
Southern Africa 22: 137-144.
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