Begonia hatacoa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Tibet, Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1] Its best-known cultivar is 'Silver'.[2]

Begonia hatacoa
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. hatacoa
Binomial name
Begonia hatacoa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Synonyms[1]
List Begonia hatacoa var. rubrifolia Golding & Rekha Morris Begonia hatacoa var. viridifolia Golding & Rekha Morris Begonia meisneri Wall. Begonia rubrovenia Hook. Begonia rubrovenia var. meisneri Wall. ex C.B.Clarke Platycentrum rubrovenium (Hook.) Klotzsch

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

• Begonia hatacoa var. hatacoa
• Begonia hatacoa var. meisneri (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) Golding – Assam

References

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