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Family: Begoniaceae (begonias) Life
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> Order: Cucurbitales
A total of 5 genera and about 900 species, found mainly in
the warm, moist parts of America and Asia, but with some species in
Africa.
A total of about 6 species are native to southern Africa,
all of them in the genus Begonia.
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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