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Issue: Vol. 730 No. 1: 18 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.730.1.6
Page range: 82-88
Abstract views: 215
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Begonia fuyangii, a new species of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum (Begoniaceae) from Guangxi, China

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Flower Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
Pingxiang Port Economic Zone Management Committee, Pingxiang, Guangxi 532600, China
Enshi Gesneriad and Begonia Nursery Co., Ltd., Enshi, Hubei 445000, China
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, 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
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Begonia China Guangxi new taxon taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Begonia fuyangii (sect. Coelocentrum), a new species from Guangxi of China, is described and illustrated. It resembles B. yizhouensis but can be distinguished by its leaf blade color, maculation and indumentum, smaller staminate flower, ovary 3-loculed and placentation axile. It also resembles B. jingxiensis but can be distinguished by its stipule shape, leaf blade color, maculation and margin, shape of bracts, and number of staminate and pistillate flower tepals.

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How to Cite

Xi, H.-C., Zhou, J.-Y., Nong, F.-Y., Li, R.-K., Shen, J.-Y., Tian, D.-K. & Wang, W.-G. (2025) Begonia fuyangii, a new species of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum (Begoniaceae) from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 730 (1): 82–88. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.730.1.6