New and noteworthy species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Vietnam and Laos

LEONID V. AVERYANOV; MAXIM S. NURALIEV; EUGENE L. KONSTANTINOV; TATIANA V. MAISAK; YURY O. KOPYLOV-GUSKOV; DMITRY F. LYSKOV; BUI HONG QUANG; ANDREY N. KUZNETSOV; SVETLANA P. KUZNETSOVA; KHANG SINH NGUYEN; YU-MIN SHUI

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.1

Issue: Vol. 522 No. 2: 7 October 2021

Type: Article

Published: 2021-10-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.1

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**New and noteworthy species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Vietnam and Laos**

LEONID V. AVERYANOV⁺⁻
MAXIM S. NURALIEV⁺⁻
EUGENE L. KONSTANTINOV⁺⁻
TATIANA V. MAISAK⁺⁻
YURY O. KOPYLOV-GUSKOV⁺⁻
DMITRY F. LYSKOV⁺⁻
BUI HONG QUANG⁺⁻
ANDREY N. KUZNETSOV⁺⁻
SVETLANA P. KUZNETSOVA⁺⁻
KHANG SINH NGUYEN⁺⁻
YU-MIN SHUI⁺⁻

Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2, Prof. Popov Str., 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia.

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia.

Kaluga State University, 26, Stepan Razin Str., 0248023 Kaluga, Russia.

Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2, Prof. Popov Str., 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia.

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia.

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, 100000 Hanoi, Vietnam.

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, 100000 Hanoi, Vietnam.

CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201 Kunming, China. Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, 05282 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

Begonia section Petermannia Begonia section Platycentrum Eastern Indochina new species plant diversity plant geography plant taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

The paper provides additions to the known diversity of Begonia in Vietnam and Laos. One species new to science from Lao PDR (B. vivipara) and three new species from Vietnam (B. aspersa, B. gracilifolia, B. maculifolia) are described. Three species (B. rotundilimba, B. versicolor, B. wenshanensis) are reported as new records for the flora of Vietnam. For each species, the information on ecology, phenology, estimated conservation status and distribution is presented, as well as the relevant taxonomic notes and analytical photographic illustrations.

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