“…There are approximately 230 species of Begonia L. in Brazil (SMITH & al., 1986;DOORENBOS & al., 1998;GOLDING & WASSHAUSEN, 2002;JACQUES, 2010a), with approximately 185 species distributed along the Atlantic Forest (DUARTE, 1961;GOLDING, 2007;JACQUES, 2009;JACQUES, 2010b;KOLL-MANN, 2007, where they occur in all major vegetation types, except mangrove.…”