Begonia rex 'Tap Dance' is a truly stunning plant with it's silver foliage and dark green colouration following slightly unevenly the primary venation pattern in eye-catching strokes of fresh green.

Genus name was established in mid 18th century: modern Latin, named in honour of the French administrator and amateur botanist Michel Bégon (1638–1710) by the botanist Charles Plumier (1646–1704), who discovered the plant on the island of Santo Domingo.