Family · Rosids
Begoniaceae
Begonias
Begonia family: succulent herbs with asymmetric leaves and separate male and female flowers, widely grown as ornamentals.
- Accepted species
- 2,181accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈25 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Begonia
- Hillebrandia sandwicensis
Genera
Begonia2,180 spp.
Hillebrandia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical1,122
- Southern America590
- Asia-Temperate265
- Africa178
- Northern America127
- Pacific2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.