Begonia sanguinea

Begonia sanguinea
	At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. sanguinea
Binomial name
	Begonia sanguinea; Raddi
Synonyms
	Pritzelia sanguinea(Raddi) Klotzsch

Last updated March 10, 2026

Begonia sanguinea, the beefsteak begonia or blood-red begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil.^[1]^[2] Valued for the deep red color of the abaxial surface of their leaves, they are easy to propagate from cuttings.^[3]

References

1 2 "Begonia sanguinea Raddi". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
↑ "Begonia sanguinea beefsteak begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. Other common names; ... Fleisch-blattler
↑ Boynton, Kenneth R. (29 June 1925). "Begonia sanguinea". Addisonia. 10 (Part 1): 6–7. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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[105655-1-1] 1 2 "Begonia sanguinea Raddi". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[2] "Begonia sanguinea beefsteak begonia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. Other common names; ... Fleisch-blattler

[3] Boynton, Kenneth R. (29 June 1925). "Begonia sanguinea". Addisonia. 10 (Part 1): 6–7. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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