- Family:
- Begoniaceae C.Agardh
- Genus:
- Begonia L.
Begonia fischeri Schrank

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- begonia de pantano
[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 30 - 2700 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 30–2700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Extinct in:
Cuba
- Begonia brasiliensis Klotzsch
- Begonia ciliibracteola C.DC.
- Begonia dubia Haw.
- Begonia elata Klotzsch
- Begonia ermanii Klotzsch
- Begonia fischeri var. brasiliensis (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. brevipilosa Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. crenatoglabra Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. crenulatoglabra Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. elata (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. ermanii (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. klugii Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. macroptera (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. malvacea (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. moritziana (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. palustris (Hartw. ex Benth.) Irmsch.
- Begonia fischeri var. tovarensis (Klotzsch) Irmsch.
- Begonia hassleri C.DC.
- Begonia intercedens Irmsch.
- Begonia kaietukensis Tutin
- Begonia macroptera Klotzsch
- Begonia macroptera var. paludum A.DC.
- Begonia macroptera var. pohliana (Klotzsch) A.DC.
- Begonia malvacea Klotzsch
- Begonia moritziana Klotzsch
- Begonia obliqua Vell.
- Begonia palustris Hartw. ex Benth.
- Begonia parvifolia Klotzsch
- Begonia patula Haw.
- Begonia patula Fisch. ex Hornem.
- Begonia pauciflora Lindl.
- Begonia pohliana Klotzsch
- Begonia populifolia Klotzsch
- Begonia roraimensis Tutin
- Begonia setosa Klotzsch
- Begonia tovarensis Klotzsch
- Begonia tovarensis var. ocanensis A.DC.
- Begonia tovarensis var. palustris (Hartw. ex Benth.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
- Begonia ulei C.DC.
- Begonia uliginosa Schott ex Klotzsch
- Begonia uliginosa var. ermanii (Klotzsch) A.DC.
- Begonia vellerea Klotzsch
- Begonia villosa Gardner
Begonia fischeri Schrank appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Brazil | K000536682 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Riedel [s.n.], Brazil | K000536681 | Yes | |||
Gardner [5590], Brazil | K000536683 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [1832], Brazil | Begonia uliginosa | K000536642 | Yes | ||
Gardner [106], Brazil | Begonia uliginosa | K000536641 | Yes | ||
Hartweg [1022], Colombia | Begonia palustris | K000536748 | Yes | ||
Hartweg [1022], Colombia | Begonia palustris | K000536747 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1935 | Everard, F. [141], Guyana | Begonia roraimensis | K000536713 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Klug, G. [3389], Peru | Begonia patula | K000536751 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
s.coll. [1963], Colombia | Begonia patula | K000536752 | Yes | ||
Schlim, L. [100], Colombia | Begonia patula | K000536753 | Yes | ||
Moritz [1705], Venezuela | Begonia patula | K000536749 | Yes | ||
Fendler, A. [514], Venezuela | Begonia patula | K000536750 | Yes |
First published in Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. 1: 659 (1820)
Accepted by
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- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Golding, J. & Wasshausen, D.C. (2002). Begoniaceae, edition 2 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 43: 1-289.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- 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.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2017). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: 1-434. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
Literature
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
- (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.31055/1851.2372.v55.n3.28429 epublication.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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