Begonia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is a small herb widespread in the mountains of Mexico, from Chihuahua to Chiapas, often growing in protected locations in shaded areas.[2][3][4]

Begonia gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. gracilis
Binomial name
Begonia gracilis
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • Begonia diversifolia Graham
  • Begonia gracilis var. annulata A.DC.
  • Begonia gracilis var. depauperata A.DC.
  • Begonia gracilis var. diversifolia (Graham) A.DC.
  • Begonia gracilis var. martiana (Link & Otto) A.DC.
  • Begonia gracilis var. membranacea A.DC.
  • Begonia gracilis var. nervipilosa A.DC.
  • Begonia diversifolia Graham 1829
  • Begonia diversifiolia Knowles & Westc. 1837, illegitimate
  • Begonia heterophylla Klotzsch illegitimate
  • Begonia martiana Link & Otto
  • Begonia martiana var. gracilis (HBK) Carrière
  • Begonia tuberosa Sessé & Moç illegitimate
  • Knesebeckia martiana (Link & Otto) Klotzsch

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 7: 184–185. 1825.
  3. ^ Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  4. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.