| Common Names - Begonia Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - C.A. Agardh. | Total Number of genera - 5 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 1000 |
| Plant forms - Herb/Liane/Shrub | |
| World Distribution - Pantropical, concentrated in Americ | |
| Comments - Herbs (mostly), or shrubs, or lianas. the ONLY species I have found so far reported as having wood are Begonia parviflora and Begonia peruviana | |
| 1 - Begonia. |