Begonia kingiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Ridleyella
Species: Begonia kingiana

Name

Begonia kingiana Irmsch., 1929

Distribution: Endemic in Peninsular Malaysia (Langkawai, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Kelantan and Trengganu). "It is quite common and found on most limestone hills"(Kiew, p.41)

References

  • Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 8:106. 1929
  • Ruth Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :35-36 t., 2005
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].

Vernacular names

  • English: Tortoise Shell Begonia
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