Links to all Key pages Alphabetical listing of all pictured species Main Key Subkey 2-3 Subkey 4 Subkey 5 Subkey 6 Subkey 7-12 Subkey 14 Subkey 15-21 Subkey 22-24 Subkey 25 Subkey 26 Subkey 27-28 Subkey 29-30 Subkey 31-32 Subkey 33-34

Pictorial Key to Selected Begonia species Subkey 5 2-2. Blades basifixed.     4-1. Blades divided or strongly lobed (cleft, parted or compound)        5-1. Blade nerves digitate           6-2. Inflorescence not dichotomous at base, exclusive of pedicels. Notes: Click any picture to see an enlarged view. Click "back" to return to this page. Listings of each species in the Begoniaceae Keys, Editions 1 and 2, are shown in [brackets]. See notes at the bottom of the main key for an explanation of this notation. American B. crassicaulis [1;2-1 / 5;15-1] ----------------------------------- B. carolineifolia [5;4-1 ] ---------------------------- B. heracleifolia ---------------------- B. heracleifolia variation with white flowers, found by R. Morris [5;15-2] ---------------------------- B. heracleifolia var. nigricans as B. heracleifolia [5;15-2] ---------------------------- B. heracleifolia 'Rudys True' as B. heracleifolia [5;15-2] ---------------------------- B. heracleifolia var. pyramadilio hort. as B. heracleifolia [5;15-2] ---------------------------- B. thiemei (green variety) [5;3-1] ------------------------------- B. thiemei (purple variety, formerly called B. macdougallii) [5;4-2] ------------------------------- Other American begonia species found but not pictured. biserrata [5;10-1 ] falciloba [5;9-2 ] pedata [5;30-1 ] African B. dregei [28;90-1 / 33;3-1 / 33;11-2 / 33;25-1 ] ------------ B. dregei (often called B. richardsiana) ------------- B. dregei (often called B. partita) [5;19-2] ---------------------------------- the cultivar B. dregei 'Glasgow' ----------------------------------- (B. dregei 'Glasgow' flower pictures by Jack Golding) ------------------------------------ Asian B. diadema [5;12-1] --------------------------