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Issue: Vol. 407 No. 1: 26 June 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.407.1.5
Page range: 29–35
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

A new berry-fruited species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Xizang (Tibet) in China

CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Beijing Florascape Co., Ltd., Beijing 100044, China
Beijing Florascape Co., Ltd., Beijing 100044, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
America Asia Begonia berry-fruit homoplasy morphology Eudicots

Abstract

Based on field surveys in Southeastern Xizang and detailed examination of specimens in several herbaria, a new species with berry-like fruits, Begonia pseudoheydei, is herein confirmed and described. Its relationship with the similar species Begonia longifolia from Asia, and its morphological homoplasy with the species Begonia heydei from Central America, are discussed.