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Issue: Vol. 407 No. 1: 26 June 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.407.1.8
Page range: 51–58
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Begonia zhongyangiana, a new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from western China

Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China. South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.
Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China.
Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China.
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China.
Begonia New taxon Taxonomy Tibet western China Eudicots

Abstract

Begonia zhongyangiana, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from Motuo (SE Xizang, China), is described and illustrated. This new species is similar to B. versicolor, B. scintillans and B. smithiae, but can be distinguished by its shorter rhizome lacking or rarely with short stems when blooming, orange-yellow flowers, 2 styles and 2-loculed ovary.