A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 19 Jan 2018 Germany Publisher:Museum National D'Histoire NaturelleJournal:European Journal of Taxonomy (eissn: 2118-9773,

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Authors: Camfield, Rebecca; Hughes, Mark;

doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.396

A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India

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Following a taxonomic revision of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) from Northeast India based on 332 herbarium specimens, 38 species are confirmed to occur in the region, of which ten are endemic. One new species is described, Begonia koelzii R.Camfield sp. nov., in B. sect. Platycentrum (Klotzsch) A.DC. One species is reduced into synonymy; B. barbata Wall. is now a synonym of B. thomsonii A.DC. Three species, B. difformis (Irmsch.) W.C.Leong, C.I Peng & K.F.Chung, B. labordei H.Lév. and B. handelii Irmsch., are reported new for India, and B. lushaiensis C.E.C.Fisch. is reinstated as an accepted species, having previously been synonymised under B. modestiflora Kurz. A key to the species in the region and preliminary conservation assessments are presented.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Goethe University Frankfurt
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet
Germany

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580, revision, Botany, Cucurbitales, Begoniaceae, Biodiversity, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, taxonomy, QL1-991, Begonia, QK1-989, ddc:580, Northeast India, Plantae, Zoology, Taxonomy

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