| Common Names - Begonia | Synonyms - None found |
| Authority - L. | Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? Angiosperm |
| Plant forms - Herbs, subshrubs, shrubs | Total Number of species - 900 |
| World Distribution - Tropical areas, especially North America | |
| Comments - Most species in this genus are not woody. Only a few are. | |
| 1 - Begonia cubincola. 2 - Begonia maestrensis. 3 - Begonia meyeri-johannis. 4 - Begonia parviflora. 5 - Begonia peruviana . |