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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.
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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.{{SCH}}
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==Genera==
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''[[Begonia]]''<br/>
 
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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.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  
 
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*[http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/6/905 Phylogenetic position and biogeography of ''Hillebrandia sandwicensis'' (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict]
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*[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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Latest revision as of 22:32, 13 May 2009


Begonia aconitifolia


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Read about Begoniaceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.

The Begonia family has 4 genera and about 500 species, most of which belong to the genus Begonia. They are widely distributed throughout the tropics, but perhaps most abundant in South America along the Andes to Mexico, and in the eastern Himalayas southeastward to the Malay Peninsula. The Begoniaceae constitute a distinct group remotely related to the Cactaceae, Loasaceae, Passifloraceae and Cucurbitaceae.

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.

Very many species and hybrids of Begonia are grown for greenhouse and bedding purposes, both for the flowers and the foliage.CH


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Genera

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Hillebrandia

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