Begonia metallica W.G.Sm.
Cited as Kew's World Checklist cites it, Begonia metallica W.G.Sm.: GBIF's backbone key for this page carries the name with another author, L.
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Begonia incarnata is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Brazil. It is a shrublike evergreen perennial growing to 1 metre (39 in), bearing large, asymmetrical green leaves with a metallic sheen, and dark green veins. It produces small hairy pink flowers. As it does not tolerate temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F), in temperate regions it must be grown under glass.
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Begonia incarnata", CC BY-SA 4.0; its title is one of this species' older names (GBIF Backbone), which is the proof that the article is this species'.
About the genus · Begonia
Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species, distributed primarily across tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Central and South America, with Africa considered the center of origin. Some species are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants in cooler climates, or cultivated outside in summertime for their bright colorful flowers, which have petals but no sepals.
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Begonia", CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cultivation
Grouped as a tropical foliage plant, listed under the genus Begonia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “subshrub or shrub”, “wet tropical”.
How this section is made
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Group. Listed under the genus Begonia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “subshrub or shrub”, “wet tropical”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
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Other Begonia 279 in the reference
Begonia acerifolia Maple-leaved begonia Photo: CC BY, Yuri Sofronov
Begonia acetosa Ruby begonia Photo: CC0, Daderot Begonia acetosella Begoniaceae 
Begonia acida Begoniaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Michael Wolf
Begonia aconitifolia Aconite Leaved Begonia Photo: CC BY-SA, rubens curvelo
Begonia acutifolia Begoniaceae Photo: CC BY, Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA… Begonia albomaculata Begoniaceae Begonia × albopicta Begoniaceae Begonia alice-clarkiae Begoniaceae Begonia almedana Begoniaceae Begonia amphioxus Begoniaceae all 280 ›Names & registers
Also known as Begonia aucubifolia; Begonia ciliata; Begonia incarnata f. papillosa; Begonia incarnata var. gracilis; Begonia incarnata var. papillosa and 9 more. (GBIF Backbone)
Kew accepts as species of their own Begonia incarnata: older names in GBIF's record of this species that Kew's World Checklist accepts as other species. (WCVP, RBG Kew, file of 2026-06-04)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-21
gbif.species answeredasked 2026-10-21GBIF's key 11184649 is Begonia metallica L.; Kew accepts Begonia metallica W.G.Sm., and the name is cited as Kew accepts it; its synonyms and common names are read from GBIF's Begonia metallica W.G.Sm. (4158239), which GBIF files under Begonia incarnata Link & Otto (7303486) toogbif.synonyms answeredasked 2026-10-2116 read from GBIF's Begonia metallica W.G.Sm. (4158239), which GBIF files under Begonia incarnata Link & Otto (7303486)gbif.vernacular answeredasked 2026-10-21names fetched 2026-10-21wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04gbif.occurrences answeredas of 2026-10-21GBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hbdw64, of 2026-10-21climate nothing to reportasked 2026-10-21no georeferenced record inside the rangewikidata answeredasked 2026-10-21found by its label; its IPNI identifier 105191-1 is Kew's for Begonia metallica W.G.Sm.wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-21Wikipedia redirects Begonia metallica to Begonia incarnata, an older name of this species (Begonia incarnata)inat.taxon not askedinat.photos.wild not askedinat.photos.cultivated not askedgbif.media nothing to reportasked 2026-10-21commons nothing to reportasked 2026-10-21openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshotEvery source is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, refused, failed, not been asked, or answered twice where one answer is taken (“not taken: two items answered”), and, for a source asked when this page was built, when: the figures are as the source held them that day; a source read from a file (Kew's World Checklist, a GBIF download) says "as of" the file's day instead; a row carried from an earlier build of the page names that build instead. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 1 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.