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Issue: Vol. 479 No. 2: 8 January 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.479.2.5
Page range: 191–197
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Begonia scorpiuroloba, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from southern Guangxi of China

Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shanghai Key Laboratory for Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shanghai Key Laboratory for Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shanghai Key Laboratory for Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden.
Huayou (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd
Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University
conservation status morphology new taxon rhizomatous taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Begonia scorpiuroloba sp. nov., a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from southern Guangxi of China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is mostly similar to B. pedatifida, but differs clearly by its narrower lobes, denser hairs on leaf surface, obtuse angle of leaf base, subequal tepals of female flowers and late flowering. This new species is endemic to Guangxi and is assigned to Endangered (EN) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.