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Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae.
The only other member of the family Begoniaceae is Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands. The genus Symbegonia is now included in Begonia. "Begonia" is the common name as well as the generic name for all members of the genus.
The genus name coined by Charles Plumier French patron of botany honours Michel Bégon,
a former governor of the French colony of Haiti.
Because of their sometimes showy flowers of white, pink, scarlet or yellow color and often attractively marked leaves, many species and innumerable hybrids and cultivars are cultivated. The genus is unusual in that species throughout the genus, even those coming from different continents, can frequently be hybridized with each other, and this has led to an enormous number of cultivars. The American Begonia Society classifies begonias into several major groups:
cane-like, shrub-like, tuberous, rhizomatous, semperflorens, rex, trailing-scandent,
or thick-stemmed.
The genus name coined by Charles Plumier French patron of botany honours Michel Bégon,
a former governor of the French colony of Haiti.
Because of their sometimes showy flowers of white, pink, scarlet or yellow color and often attractively marked leaves, many species and innumerable hybrids and cultivars are cultivated. The genus is unusual in that species throughout the genus, even those coming from different continents, can frequently be hybridized with each other, and this has led to an enormous number of cultivars. The American Begonia Society classifies begonias into several major groups:
cane-like, shrub-like, tuberous, rhizomatous, semperflorens, rex, trailing-scandent,
or thick-stemmed.
Begonien (Begonia), auch Schiefblatt genannt, sind eine Gattungaus der Familie der Schiefblattgewächse (Begoniaceae).
Insgesamt werden etwa 1400 bis 1500 Arten dieser Gattung zugeordnet.
Viele Arten und Sorten der Begonien werden wegen ihres farbenprächtigen Laubes oder ihrer eindrucksvollen Blüten als Zierpflanzen in Räumen oder als Beet- und Balkonpflanzen gepflegt.
Der Gattungsnamen ehrt Michel Bégon, einen Reisegefährten des Botanikers Charles Plumier.
Weit verbreitet als Zierpflanzen sind verschiedene Gruppen von Hybriden.
Begonia-Semperflorens-Hybriden oder Eisbegonien genannt,
Elatior-Begonien (Begonia ×hiemalis Fotsch, Syn.: Begonia ×elatior hort., Begonia-Elatior-Hybriden) Knollenbegonien (Begonia-Tuberhybrida)
Lorrainebegonien (Lorrainebegonien-Hybriden), wurden früher öfter angeboten, heute kaum zu finden. Rex-Begonien (Begonia-Rex-Hybriden)
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