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Begonia hispida (Begonia hispida)

Description

Begonia hispida is a species of plant of the family of the Begoniaceae This begonia is native to Brazil The species is part of the section Pritzelia The species was described in 1861 by the Swiss botanist Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle (1806-1893) following the work of the Austrian botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794-1865). The specific epithet hispida means "trimmed with stiff hairs

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Cucurbitales

            • Family: Begoniaceae

              • Genus: Begonia