Begonia glabra

Begonia glabra
Climbing a tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. glabra
Binomial name
Begonia glabra Aubl.
Synonyms [1]
List Begonia ellipticaKunth Begonia glabra var. amplifolia(A.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. Begonia hoegeanaRegel & Schmidt Begonia locellataA.DC. Begonia lucidaOtto & A.Dietr. Begonia moritzianaKunth & C.D.Bouché Begonia physalifoliaLiebm. Begonia populifoliaSchott Begonia repensSessé & Moc. Begonia scandensSw. Begonia scandens var. amplifoliaA.DC. Begonia scandens var. cordifoliaC.DC. Wageneria deflexaKlotzsch Wageneria glabra(Aubl.) Klotzsch Wageneria lucidaKlotzsch Wageneria montanaKlotzsch

Begonia glabra, the climbing sorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to the New World Tropics. ^{[1] [2]} An unusual vining begonia, it is popular in vivariums. Its use in the Winti Afro-Surinamese traditional religion has led to local over-collection. ^[3]

References

1. "Begonia glabra Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
2. "Begonia glabra climbing sorrel". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
3. Verschuuren, Bas; McNeely, Jeffrey; Oviedo, Gonzalo; Wild, Robert (25 June 2012). Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture. p. 143. ISBN   9781136530746.