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| + | | name = ''Begoniaceae'' |
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| + | | color = IndianRed |
| + | | image = Begonia1.jpg |
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| + | | image_caption = Begonia aconitifolia |
| + | | regnum = Plantae |
| + | | divisio = Magnoliophyta |
| + | | classis = Magnoliopsida |
| + | | ordo = Cucurbitales |
| + | | familia = Begoniaceae |
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| Begoniaceae (from the genus Begonia, named in honor of Michael Begon, a French promoter of botany). Begonia Family. Fig. 41. Herbs, rarely shrubby, hairs usually scale-like or branched: leaves alternate, usually oblique: flowers monoecious, regular, epigynous, cymose, the staminate opening first; perianth of the staminate flowers of 2 valvate sepals and 2 petals, all petaloid; perianth of the pistillate flowers of 2 to many similar petaloid parts; stamens numerous, separate or nearly so; ovary inferior, 2-3-celled. usually sharply angled and winged; ovules numerous; styles 3, more or less branched and bearing very peculiar crescent-shaped, kidney-shaped, or, more often, spiral, velvety stigmas, rarely straight: fruit a capsule, rarely a berry. | | Begoniaceae (from the genus Begonia, named in honor of Michael Begon, a French promoter of botany). Begonia Family. Fig. 41. Herbs, rarely shrubby, hairs usually scale-like or branched: leaves alternate, usually oblique: flowers monoecious, regular, epigynous, cymose, the staminate opening first; perianth of the staminate flowers of 2 valvate sepals and 2 petals, all petaloid; perianth of the pistillate flowers of 2 to many similar petaloid parts; stamens numerous, separate or nearly so; ovary inferior, 2-3-celled. usually sharply angled and winged; ovules numerous; styles 3, more or less branched and bearing very peculiar crescent-shaped, kidney-shaped, or, more often, spiral, velvety stigmas, rarely straight: fruit a capsule, rarely a berry. |
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| The family is of little economic importance except for ornamental purposes. Many species contain oxalic acid and are eaten as salad, and as a remedy for scurvy. The roots of some are astringent; others have a purgative root, used in certain tropics for syphilis and scrofula. The Begoniaceae is one of the most important ornamental families. | | The family is of little economic importance except for ornamental purposes. Many species contain oxalic acid and are eaten as salad, and as a remedy for scurvy. The roots of some are astringent; others have a purgative root, used in certain tropics for syphilis and scrofula. The Begoniaceae is one of the most important ornamental families. |
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− | Very many species and hybrids of Begonia are grown for greenhouse and bedding purposes, both for the flowers and the foliage. | + | Very many species and hybrids of Begonia are grown for greenhouse and bedding purposes, both for the flowers and the foliage.{{SCH}} |
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| + | ==Genera== |
− | | color = lightgreen
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− | | name = Begoniaceae
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− | | image = Begonia1.jpg
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− | | image_caption = ''Begonia aconitifolia''
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− | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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− | | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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− | | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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− | | ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
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− | | familia = '''Begoniaceae'''
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− | | subdivision_ranks = Genera
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| ''[[Begonia]]''<br/> | | ''[[Begonia]]''<br/> |
| ''[[Hillebrandia]]'' | | ''[[Hillebrandia]]'' |
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− | '''Begoniaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s with about 1400 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the [[New World]] and [[Old World]]. All but one of the species are in the genus ''[[Begonia]]''. The only other genus in the family, ''[[Hillebrandia]]'', is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the [[Hawaiian Islands]] and has a single species. Phylogenetic work supports ''Hillebrandia'' as the sister taxon to the rest of the family. The genus ''Symbegonia'' has recently been reduced to a section of ''Begonia'' as recent molecular phylogenies have shown it to be derived from within that genus.
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− | Members of the genus ''[[Begonia]]'' are well-known and popular [[houseplant]]s.
| + | ==References== |
| + | *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
− | *[http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/6/905 Phylogenetic position and biogeography of ''Hillebrandia sandwicensis'' (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict] | + | *{{wplink}} |
− | *[http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-abstract&issn=0363-6445&volume=028&issue=04&page=0693 Phylogenetic Relationships of the Afro-Malagasy Members of the Large Genus ''Begonia'' Inferred from trnL Intron Sequences]
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− | *[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2005/00000030/00000003/art00017 A Phylogeny of ''Begonia'' Using Nuclear Ribosomal Sequence Data and Morphological Characters]
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− | *[http://www.springerlink.com/(vylxjw45gax3bqakqnuvoy45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,12;journal,29,1501;linkingpublicationresults,1:104878,1 A recircumscription of Begonia based on nuclear ribosomal sequences]
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| + | [[Category:Plant families]] |
| [[Category:Cucurbitales]] | | [[Category:Cucurbitales]] |
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