Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Taxon
Begonia polygonoides
Common name:
Begonia
Family:
Begoniaceae (Begonia)
Synonym:
Begonia cataractarum, Begonia epilobiodes, Begonia rhipsaliodes
Distribution:
Africa
IUCN Red list:
Not evaluated
Comments:
The genus name Begonia, coined by Charles Plumier, a French patron of botany, and adopted by Linnaeus in 1753, honors Michel Bégon, a former governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti).
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Locations
1:
Tropical house 2
(Tropical Hse 2)
• Accession: 2013-6 • Provenance: Unrecorded
Area
Individual