Begonia
Translingual
Begonia flowers
Etymology
Named after Michael Begon (1683–1710) by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778)[1][2] + -ia
Proper noun
Begonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Begoniaceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): For the hundreds of species, organized by section see
Further reading
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References
- ↑ 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.
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