Taxon:
Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 5:603. 1830
Comment:
authorship of unascribed names in this article (pp. 554-625) follow the stated authorship of the article (Shenzhen ICN 46.6), given on p. 554 as Schlechtendal & Chamisso
Verified:
12/30/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
star begonia – star-leaf begonia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | Canal Zone |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas (s.), Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama (Canal Zone), El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |