- Begoniaceae
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Begonia aconitifolia"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Cucurbitales
familia = Begoniaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Begonia " "Hillebrandia "Begoniaceae is a family of
flowering plant s with about 1400 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both theNew World andOld World . All but one of the species are in the genus "Begonia ". The only other genus in the family, "Hillebrandia ", is endemic to theHawaiian Islands and has a single species. Phylogenetic work supports "Hillebrandia" as the sister taxon to the rest of the family. The genus "Symbegonia" has recently been reduced to a section of "Begonia" as recent molecular phylogenies have shown it to be derived from within that genus.Members of the genus "
Begonia " are well-known and popularhouseplant s.External links
* [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/6/905 Phylogenetic position and biogeography of "Hillebrandia sandwicensis" (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict]
* [http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-abstract&issn=0363-6445&volume=028&issue=04&page=0693 Phylogenetic Relationships of the Afro-Malagasy Members of the Large Genus "Begonia" Inferred from trnL Intron Sequences]
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2005/00000030/00000003/art00017 A Phylogeny of "Begonia" Using Nuclear Ribosomal Sequence Data and Morphological Characters]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/(vylxjw45gax3bqakqnuvoy45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,12;journal,29,1501;linkingpublicationresults,1:104878,1 A recircumscription of Begonia based on nuclear ribosomal sequences]
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