Begonia acutifolia
Appearance
Begonia acutifolia | |
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At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. acutifolia
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Binomial name | |
Begonia acutifolia | |
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Begonia acutifolia, the holly-leaf begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Cuba and Jamaica, and introduced to Saint Helena.[1][2] Shade tolerant, it is kept as a house plant, or outside in USDA hardiness zone 9b or warmer.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Begonia acutifolia Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Begonia acutifolia Jacq. holly-leaf begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Van Huylenbroeck, J.; Eeckhaut, T.; Leus, L.; Van Laere, K.; Dhooghe, E. (2019). "Introgression of wild germplasm into cultivated ornamental plants". Acta Horticulturae (1240): 13–20. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1240.2. S2CID 242387812.