Taxon:
Begonia foliosa Kunth var. miniata (Planch. & Linden) L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub.
Summary
Place of publication:
Caldasia 4:196. 1946
Verified:
12/31/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: = Begonia fuchsioides var. miniata (Planch. & Linden) A. DC.
- Dorr, L. J. 1999. Notes on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in the Venezuelan Andes. Harvard Pap. Bot. 4:261.
- Golding, J. & D. C. Wasshausen. 2002. Begoniaceae, edition 2. Part 1: annotated species list. Part II: illustrated key, abridgement and supplement. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43:54.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Begonia fuchsioides
Common names
English
corozon-de-Jesus – fuchsia begonia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Merida | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Amazonas, Merida]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Dict Gard, as Begonia fuchsioides; F VenGuay, as Begonia fuchsioides | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |