Begonia hirtella Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 296 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Jamaica, S. Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Jamaica, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Ascension, Florida, Hawaii, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.470.1.4/41738. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Moonlight, P.W., Jara-Muñoz, O.A., Purvis, D.A., Delves, J., Allen, J.P., & Reynel, C. (2023). The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 881: 1-334.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Moonlight, P.W., Jara-Muñoz, O.A., Purvis, D.A., Delves, J., Allen, J.P., & Reynel, C. (2023). The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 881: 1-334.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2015 Buwalda, P. [2884] Indonesia K000720830 Yes
Dec 17, 1946 Spruce, R. [3982] Peru K000006029 No
Wieringa, J.J.; Janzen, M.I.D. [3432] Indonesia K004751910 Yes
André, É. [763] K005157258 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Steyermark, C. [95192] Venezuela K005157261 Yes
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Indonesia K004752010 Yes
Mathews [1643] Peru K005157259 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158145 Yes
Sinclair, J. [10059] Indonesia K004752009 Yes
Kibuwa, S.P. [5477] Tanzania K005155365 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [6280] Indonesia K004752013 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [6330] Indonesia K004752011 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [6280] Indonesia K004752012 Yes
Spruce, R. [3982] Peru K000006026 No
Belshaw, C.M. [3525] Peru K005157256 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005157255 Yes
Hoover, W.S.; Hunter, J.M.; Wiriadinata, H.; Girmansyah, D. [10001] Indonesia K004752014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005158146 Yes
K:SPC-27305.000 No
Woytkowski, F. [7361] Peru K005157260 Yes
Haught, O.L. [4940] Colombia K005157257 Yes
Deden Girmansyah [1259] Indonesia K004753122 Yes

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