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Issue: Vol. 675 No. 2: 3 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.675.2.5
Page range: 147-157
Abstract views: 154
PDF downloaded: 14

Three new species of Begonia (sect. Platycentrum) from South China

Chenshan Research Center of CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
Flower Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
Chenshan Research Center of CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
Chenshan Research Center of CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Standards, Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine & Pharmaceutical Science, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China
Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410221, China.
Flower Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China.
Begonia sect. Platycentrum new taxon morphology South China Guangxi Guangdong Eudicots

Abstract

Based on field surveys and a review of literature and herbarium specimens, three new Begonia in section Platycentrum from South China are confirmed and reported with morphological descriptions and illustrations, namely Begonia liangguangensis D.K.Tian & J.Y.Zhou, B. shaoqingii D.K.Tian & J.Y.Zhou, and B. qinzhouensis D.K.Tian & J.Y.Zhou. These three new species are morphologically compared with their allied species. Their conservation statuses are provisionally assessed as Endangered, Endangered, and Critically Endangered, respectively, according to Guidelines for Using IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

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