Begonia sanguinea
Species of flowering plant
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Begonia sanguinea, the beefsteak begonia or blood-red begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil.[1][2] Valued for the deep red color of the abaxial surface of their leaves, they are easy to propagate from cuttings.[3]
| Begonia sanguinea | |
|---|---|
| At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
| Botanical illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. sanguinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Begonia sanguinea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pritzelia sanguinea (Raddi) Klotzsch | |