Begonia lyman-smithii is a rhizomatous species native to Mexico, and has a vulnerable conservation status due to loss of habitat. In-situ, it grows only in a small area of limestone hills in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, preferring to grow in crevices in the limestone....
Begonia abdullahpieei is one of many begonias in Peninsular Malaysia that are threatened and have a conservation status of Critically Endangered. It is endemic to a single locality in Lata Hijau, Bukit Bintang. In this area, B. abdullahpieei grows on slippery rocks of...
Begonia goldingiana in situ. | Photo Credit: Ludovic Kollman Begonia goldingiana is a South American Begonia species named after Jack Golding, an active ABS member from 1969-2009 and for over 40 years the ABS expert on Begonia nomenclature until his passing in 2009....
Begonia pearcei The tuberous species Begonia pearcei was collected by Richard Pearce in the southeastern Bolivian altiplano in 1865. Small heart-shaped leaves are dark velvety green shot through with cream veins, reddish-purple tints to leaf undersides and bright...
