Begonia
Translingual
Etymology
Named after Michel Bégon (1683–1710) by botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)[1][2] + -ia
Proper noun
Begonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – begonias, native to many tropical and subtropical environments and grown as houseplants.
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (genus): Begonia obliqua – type species; Begonia wageneriana – selected other species; 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 Category:Begonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Begonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Begonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category: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.