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Issue: Vol. 167 No. 2: 9 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.2.5
Page range: 189–194
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 36

Begonia obdeltata (Begoniaceae), a new species from northeast Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina, s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, BR-465, Km 7, 23890-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Rua Prof. José Seabra, s/n, Centro, 47805-100, Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina, s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
Atlantic Forest conservation taxonomy

Abstract

Begonia obdeltata, a new species of Begoniaceae from northeast Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is similar to B. grisea and B. petasitifolia, with which it is compared. Diagnostic characters, geographic distribution and conservation status of the new species are presented.