Begonia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Named after Michel Bégon (1683–1710) by botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) +‎ -ia === Proper noun === Begonia f A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – begonias, native to many tropical and subtropical environments and grown as houseplants. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Cucurbitales – order; Begoniaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Begonia obliqua – type species; Begonia wageneriana – selected other species; for more than 1,200 of the estimated 2,000+ species, organized by section see Begonia on WikispeciesWikispecies ; for nearly three hundred species with images see Category:Begonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons ==== Derived terms ==== begoniifolius ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: begònia → English: begonia → French: bégonia→ German: Begonie→ Romanian: begonie === References === Begonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Begonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Begonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons