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Begonia sanguinea

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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]

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Begonia sanguinea
At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
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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]

Pritzelia sanguinea (Raddi) Klotzsch

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