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Seven new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Northern Vietnam and Southern China.


ABSTRACT: Since 2016, KIB (Kunming Institute of Botany) and CPC (Centre for Plant Conservation of Vietnam) have conducted several surveys in the transboundary karst regions in Northern Vietnam and Southern China and seven new species in the genus Begonia Linn. (Begoniaceae) are firstly described. Amongst them, two species, Begonia albopunctata Y.M. Shui, W.H. Chen & H.Q. Nguyen and B. erectocarpa H.Q. Nguyen, Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen, respectively belong to section Sphenanthera with berry fruits and section Leprosae with clavate berry fruits; four species, B. gulongshanensis Y.M. Shui & W. H. Chen, B. minissima H.Q. Nguyen, Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen, B. mollissima Y.M. Shui, H.Q. Nguyen & W.H. Chen, B. rhytidophylla Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen, belong to section Coelocentrum with parietal placentation; one species, Begonia bambusetorum H.Q. Nguyen, Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen, belongs to section Diploclinium with 3-loculed ovary and capsules. The diagnostic characters of these species are described and illustrated in the text and photographs.

SUBMITTER: Chen WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5799780 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Seven new species of <i>Begonia</i> (Begoniaceae) in Northern Vietnam and Southern China.

Chen Wen-Hong WH   Radbouchoom Sirilak S   Nguyen Hieu Quang HQ   Nguyen Hiep Tien HT   Nguyen Khang Sinh KS   Shui Yu-Min YM  

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Since 2016, KIB (Kunming Institute of Botany) and CPC (Centre for Plant Conservation of Vietnam) have conducted several surveys in the transboundary karst regions in Northern Vietnam and Southern China and seven new species in the genus <i>Begonia</i> Linn. (Begoniaceae) are firstly described. Amongst them, two species, <i>Begonia albopunctata</i> Y.M. Shui, W.H. Chen & H.Q. Nguyen and <i>B. erectocarpa</i> H.Q. Nguyen, Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen, respectively belong to section Sphenanthera with berr  ...[more]

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