Begonia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Named after Michel Bégon (1683–1710) by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778)[1][2] + -ia
Proper noun edit
Begonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Begoniaceae - family
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): For more than 1,200 of the estimated 2,000+ species, organized by section see
Begonia on WikispeciesWikispecies ; for nearly three hundred species with images see 
Begonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References edit
Begonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Begonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Begonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.