Plant Details

Accepted name:: Begonia gracilis Kunth [Begoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ala de ángel	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
carne de doncella	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Begonia diversifiolia Knowles & Westc. Fl. Cab. 1: 27 (1837), nom. illeg.
Begonia diversifolia Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 9: 183 (1829).
Begonia gracilis var. annulata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 309 (1864).
Begonia gracilis var. depauperata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 309 (1864).
Begonia gracilis var. diversifolia (Graham) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 310 (1864).
Begonia gracilis var. martiana (Link & Otto) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 309 (1864).
Begonia gracilis var. membranacea A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 309 (1864).
Begonia gracilis var. nervipilosa A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 309 (1864).
Begonia heterophylla Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 122 (1854), pro syn.
Begonia martiana Link & Otto Icon. Pl. Select.: 49 (1822).
Begonia martiana var. gracilis (Kunth) Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 372 (1883).
Begonia tuberosa Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 162 (1890), nom. illeg.
Knesebeckia martiana (Link & Otto) Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 122 (1854).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Begonia gracilis H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Begonia gracilis Kunth	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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