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Accession Data:

Begonia aconitifolia A.DC.

  • sect. Knesebeckia

  • Common Name: Cane Begonia
  • Family: Begoniaceae C.A. Agardh

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100133
  • Source: Matt Opel plant from National Botanical Garden
  • Accession Date: 02-09-2011
  • Bench: 1313 - NEOA: East Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-15-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Cucurbitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Begoniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 05 April, 2019.
  2. Wikispecies. Last accessed on Friday, 05 April, 2019.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 05 April, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:15:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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