Abstract Background The Begonia species are common shade plants that are mostly found
in southwest China. They have not been well studied despite their medicinal and decorative …

Begonia L. is the only species-rich genus in the Begoniaceae family, comprising more than
recorded 2,000 species. However, most of the species in this genus are narrowly distributed …

Bolivian Begonia are among the most poorly studied of American begonias. We provide
here a checklist and key to the Bolivian Begonia flora, which currently includes ten sections …

Begonia pedatifida has persistently been utilized as a traditional folk herbal medicine. This
study has sequenced the chloroplast genome of B. pedatifida to establish its genomic …

SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY IN THE MEGADIVERSE
GENUS BEGONIA Page 1 EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY 79, Begonia special issue …