Begonia radicans

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Begonia}}

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|genus=Begonia

|species=radicans

|authority=Vell.Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 39 (1831)

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• Begonia digwilliana Carrière
• Begonia dubia Vell.
• Begonia fritz-muelleri Brade
• Begonia glaucophylla Gower ex Hook.f.
• Begonia limmingheiana É.Morren
• Begonia lindeniana Brongn.
• Begonia procumbens Vell.
• Begonia sandersii A.DC.

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Begonia radicans, the shrimp begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Begonia, native to southeastern and southern Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105541-1 |title=Begonia radicans Vell. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2 November 2020 }} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=Begonia radicans Vell. shrimp begonia |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/29079/i-Begonia-radicans-i-Vell/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=2 November 2020 }}