Begonia acutifolia

Begonia acutifolia
At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. acutifolia
Binomial name
Begonia acutifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Begonia acuminata Dryand.
  • Begonia hamiltoniana Lehm.
  • Platycentrum hamiltonianum Miq.
  • Tittelbachia hamiltoniana (Miq.) Regel

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

  1. ^ a b "Begonia acutifolia Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Begonia acutifolia Jacq. holly-leaf begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ 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.


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