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Taxon:  Begonia dregei Otto & A. Dietr.



Summary
Genus:
Begonia
Section:
Augustia
Family:
Begoniaceae
Nomen number:
6645
Place of publication:
Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836
Verified:
11/13/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Begonia natalensis Hook.
Begonia richardsiana T. Moore
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Doorenbos, J. et al. 1998. The sections of Begonia. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 98-2:235.
  4. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  6. Golding, J. & D. C. Wasshausen. 2002. Begoniaceae, edition 2. Part 1: annotated species list. Part II: illustrated key, abridgement and supplement. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 43:43.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Matolweni, L. O. et al. 2000. Genetic diversity and gene flow in the morphologically variable, rare endemics Begonia dregei and Begonia homonyma (Begoniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 87:431-439.
  10. McLellan, T. 2000. Geographic variation and plasticity of leaf shape and size in Begonia dregei and B. homonyma (Begoniaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132:79-95.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
grape-leaf begonia –
mapleleaf begonia –
Swedish
flaskbegonia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6645. Accessed 2 May 2025.