FIGURE 1. Begonia aspersa. A. Flowering cultivated plant. B. Inflorescences with staminate and pistillate flowers. C. Inflorescence, side view. D. Basal part of the plant with petioles and young inflorescences. E, F. Leaf blade, adaxial and abaxial surfaces. G. Distal part of petiole with sparse hairs. H. Intact staminate and pistillate flowers on individual inflorescence. I. Staminate flowers, front view. J. Androecium, side view. K–M. Pistillate flowers, side and front views. N, O. Styles, side and top views. P. Pistillate flower, side view. Q, R. Young fruit, side and top views. S, T. Cross sections of young fruit in apical (S) and basal part (T). U. Leaves and inflorescences prior to preparation of the holotype specimen. Averyanov, Nguyen Sinh Khang, Maisak, VR 1575a (holotype). Photos and design by L. Averyanov and T. Maisak.

Published as part of Averyanov, Leonid V., Nuraliev, Maxim S., Konstantinov, Eugene L., Maisak, Tatiana V., Kopylov-Guskov, Yury O., Lyskov, Dmitry F., Quang, Bui Hong, Kuznetsov, Andrey N., Kuznetsova, Svetlana P., Nguyen, Khang Sinh & Shui, Yu-Min, 2021, New and noteworthy species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Vietnam and Laos, pp. 75-93 in Phytotaxa 522 (2) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5556173