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Internal ID UUID64402bddab489363568004
Scientific name Begonia maculata
Authority Raddi
First published in Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci., Modena 18:406. (1820)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Begonia albopicta Bull. Rare Plants Catalogue 219:13. (1855)
Begonia maculata var. albopicta (Bull.) Fotsch Begonien 93. (1933)
Begonia maculata var. argentea (Van Houtte ex Klotzsch) A.DC. Fl. Bras. 354, pl.F. (1861)
Begonia maculata f. argentea (Klotzsch) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 , 1: 358 (1894)
Begonia maculata var. wightii Fotsch Begonien 93. 1933
Gaerdtia argentea Van Houtte ex Klotzsch Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1854:123. (1855)
Gaerdtia maculata (Raddi) Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Konigl. Presuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 123. (1854)
Begonia aculeata Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16, Suppl.2 (19, suppl.1): 409. (1843)
Begonia argentea Van Houtte ex Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Konigl. Presuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 123. (1854)
Begonia argenteoguttata Irmsch. ex hort. Webbia 12: 482. (1957)

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Language Common/alternative name
Belarusian бягонія каралавая
Russian Бегония пятнистая
Swedish prickbegonia
Chinese 斑叶竹节秋海棠
Chinese 竹节秋海棠

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Begonia maculata var. aureomaculata Ziesenh. Begonian 55 (5):89. (1988)
Begonia maculata var. elegantissima hort. ex Fotsch Begonien 93. (1933)
Begonia maculata var. maculata
Begonia maculata var. wrightii hort. ex Fotsch Begonien 93

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000824699
Tropicos 3400563
INPN 629155
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105130-1
The Plant List kew-362239
Open Tree Of Life 5749867
NCBI Taxonomy 1684027
IPNI 105130-1
iNaturalist 284651
GBIF 7303475
EPPO BEGMA
EOL 45871191
USDA GRIN 411394
Wikipedia Begonia_maculata

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A systematic review on mitigation of common indoor air pollutants using plant-based methods: a phytoremediation approach Kumar R, Verma V, Thakur M, Singh G, Bhargava B Air Qual Atmos Health 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005924
doi:10.1007/s11869-023-01326-z
PMID:37359395
Cross-School Collaboration to Develop and Implement Self-Construction Greening Systems for Schools Teichmann F, Kirchengast I, Korjenic A Plants (Basel) 10-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9860625
doi:10.3390/plants12020327
PMID:36679040
Ultrasound Pulse Emission Spectroscopy Method to Characterize Xylem Conduits in Plant Stems Dutta S, Chen Z, Kaiser E, Matamoros PM, Steeneken PG, Verbiest GJ Research (Wash D C) 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9513830
doi:10.34133/2022/9790438
PMID:36204251
Edible Leafy Plants from Mexico as Sources of Antioxidant Compounds, and Their Nutritional, Nutraceutical and Antimicrobial Potential: A Review Mateos-Maces L, Chávez-Servia JL, Vera-Guzmán AM, Aquino-Bolaños EN, Alba-Jiménez JE, Villagómez-González BB Antioxidants (Basel) 20-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7346153
doi:10.3390/antiox9060541
PMID:32575671

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