Begonia foliosa

Begonia foliosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Colombia and Venezuela. It is a shrublike begonia growing to 1 metre (3.3 ft), bearing succulent, pendent stems 45 centimetres (18 in) long, thickly clothed with glossy oval green leaves, and producing panicles of small white flowers. The variety commonly cultivated is B. foliosa var. miniata with pink or red flowers. As it does not tolerate temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F), in temperate regions it requires winter protection.[3]

Begonia foliosa
Begonia foliosa var. miniata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. foliosa
Binomial name
Begonia foliosa
Kunth
Synonyms

Several, including:

  • Begonia elegans Kunth, 1825[1]
  • Begonia fuchsioides Hook.
  • Casparya elegans Klotzsch, 1854[2]
Foliage

The variety B. foliosa var. miniata has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References
  1. Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 7: 182 1825
  2. Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 127 1854
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  4. "RHS Plant Selector - Begonia foliosa var. miniata". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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