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Taxon

Begonia grandis Dryand.

Protologue Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 163. 1791BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Begonia grandis--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 4 Sep 07. 104.jpg

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Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Begoniaceae

Genus

Begonia

Species

grandis

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast; introduced into Alabama, Japan, Korea, Sicilia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 4, 2007

Location

Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District, Jardin des Plantes)

-12.983889, -72.063333

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

September 4, 2007

Location

France, Paris (5th arrondissement. Jardin des Plantes)

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.0

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#40,962 of 335,497

Top 13%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →