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Begoniaceae

Fuchsia begonia

Begonia foliosa Kunth

Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia

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Fuchsia begonia: Begonia foliosa var. miniata im Palmengarten Frankfurt/Main
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
多叶秋海棠, 大花秋海棠, 吊钟秋海棠
English
Fuchsia begonia
Slovenian
Drobnolistna begonija

Synonyms

  • Begonia elegans Kunth
  • Begonia foliosa var. australis L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
  • Begonia foliosa var. major (L.B.Sm.) Dorr
  • Begonia foliosa var. microphylla (Klotzsch) Dorr
  • Begonia foliosa var. miniata (Planch. & Linden) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
  • Begonia foliosa var. putzeysiana (A.DC.) L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
  • Begonia foliosa var. rotundata L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
  • Begonia fuchsioides Hook.
  • Begonia fuchsioides f. miniata (Planch. & Linden) Voss
  • Begonia fuchsioides var. floribunda (Carrière) Irmsch.
  • Begonia fuchsioides var. fuchsioides
  • Begonia fuchsioides var. miniata (Planch. & Linden) A.DC.
  • Begonia jamesoniana A.DC.
  • Begonia microphylla (Klotzsch) A.DC.
  • Begonia microphylla Willd. ex Klotzsch
  • Begonia microphylla var. major L.B.Sm.
  • Begonia microphylla var. microphylla
  • Begonia miniata Planch. & Linden
  • Begonia multiflora Benth.
  • Begonia poeppigiana (Klotzsch) A.DC.
  • Begonia putzeysiana A.DC.
  • Begonia splendens hort. ex A.DC.
  • Casparya elegans (Kunth) Klotzsch
  • Lepsia foliosa (Kunth) Klotzsch
  • Lepsia microphylla Klotzsch
  • Lepsia poeppigiana Klotzsch
  • Tittelbachia fuchsioides (Hook.) Klotzsch
  • Tittelbachia miniata (Planch. & Linden) Klotzsch

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.