Begonia obliqua Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1056. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7205.

Lectotype (Golding in Phytologia 45: 245, f. 2. 1980): [icon] " Begonia nivea maxima, folio aurito " in Plumier, Codex Boerhaavianus: plate 124. (University Library, Groningen).

Generitype of Begonia Linnaeus.

Current name: Begonia obliqua L. ( Begoniaceae).