Begonia heracleifolia, the star begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae.[2] It is native to Mexico and northern Central America, and has been introduced to Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago.[1] A widespread species that is adapted to drought, it possesses considerable genetic and morphological variation, particularly in leaf shape and patterning.[3]

Begonia heracleifolia
In a garden setting in India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. heracleifolia
Binomial name
Begonia heracleifolia Schltdl. & Cham.
Synonyms[1]
List Begonia heracleifolia var. longipila (Lem.) A.DC. Begonia heracleifolia var. nigricans Hook.f. Begonia heracleifolia f. punctata (Klotzsch) Voss Begonia heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii C.Chev. Begonia jatrophifolia Klotzsch Begonia longipila Lem. Begonia punctata Klotzsch Begonia radiata Graham Begonia tanacetifolia Steud. Begonia trigonoptera Sprague Eupetalum punctatum (Klotzsch) Paxton Gireoudia heracleifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch Gireoudia heracleifolia var. punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch Gireoudia heracleifolia var. viridis Klotzsch Gireoudia punctata (Klotzsch) Klotzsch

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