Begonia pearcei
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| Begonia pearcei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. pearcei |
| Binomial name | |
| Begonia pearcei | |
Begonia pearcei is a plant in the begonia family, Begoniaceae. It was introduced to Europe in 1864 by Richard Pearce (after whom it was named) who discovered it in the Bolivian Andes on the south-eastern altiplano, where it's likely endemic. [1] It's a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes.[2]
B. pearcei is important in the hybridizing of the Begonia × tuberhybrida begonias, the first of which appeared in 1867.[3] All B. x tuberhybrida cultivars with yellow flowers are direct descendants of B. pearcei.[1]
