''Begonia aconitifolia'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the family

Begoniaceae Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with two genera and about 2040 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World. All but one of the species are in the genus ''Begonia''. There have been many recent d ...

, endemic to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It grows up to 1 meter in height, with panicles of pink flowers.

Synonyms

* ''Begonia faureana'' Garnier * ''Begonia faureana'' var. ''argentea'' Linden * ''Begonia faureana'' var. ''metallica'' Rodigas * ''Begonia kimusiana'' C.Chev. * ''Begonia sceptrum'' Rodigas

References

* ''Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot.'' IV, 11: 127 1859.
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