Begoniaceae

Taxobox
name = Begoniaceae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Begonia aconitifolia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cucurbitales
familia = Begoniaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Begonia" "Hillebrandia"

Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 1400 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World. All but one of the species are in the genus "Begonia". The only other genus in the family, "Hillebrandia", is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and has a single species. Phylogenetic work supports "Hillebrandia" as the sister taxon to the rest of the family. The genus "Symbegonia" has recently been reduced to a section of "Begonia" as recent molecular phylogenies have shown it to be derived from within that genus.

Members of the genus "Begonia" are well-known and popular houseplants.

External links

* [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/6/905 Phylogenetic position and biogeography of "Hillebrandia sandwicensis" (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict]
* [http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-abstract&issn=0363-6445&volume=028&issue=04&page=0693 Phylogenetic Relationships of the Afro-Malagasy Members of the Large Genus "Begonia" Inferred from trnL Intron Sequences]
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2005/00000030/00000003/art00017 A Phylogeny of "Begonia" Using Nuclear Ribosomal Sequence Data and Morphological Characters]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/(vylxjw45gax3bqakqnuvoy45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,12;journal,29,1501;linkingpublicationresults,1:104878,1 A recircumscription of Begonia based on nuclear ribosomal sequences]