Begonia sanguinea
Appearance
Begonia sanguinea | |
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At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
Botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. sanguinea
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Binomial name | |
Begonia sanguinea | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pritzelia sanguinea (Raddi) Klotzsch |
Begonia sanguinea, the beefsteak begonia or blood-red begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil.[1][2] Valued for the deep red color of the abaxial surface of their leaves, they are easy to propagate from cuttings.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Begonia sanguinea Raddi". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Begonia sanguinea beefsteak begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
Other common names; ... Fleisch-blattler
- ^ Boynton, Kenneth R. (29 June 1925). "Begonia sanguinea". Addisonia. 10 (Part 1): 6–7. Retrieved 12 July 2021.