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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.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a tropical foliage plant, listed under the genus Begonia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “rhizomatous geophyte”, “wet tropical”.
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Group. Listed under the genus Begonia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “rhizomatous geophyte”, “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.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
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 Gireoudia rhizocaulis. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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