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Issue: Vol. 166 No. 2: 23 April 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.2.2
Page range: 114–122
Abstract views: 13
PDF downloaded: 11

Begonia intermedia, a new species of Begoniaceae from Hainan, China

Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
College of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Agricultural University
China Hainan Begonia new species

Abstract

Begonia intermedia D.K. Tian & Y.H. Yan, a new species in Begonia sect. Diploclinium (Wright) A. DC (Begoniaceae) from Hainan, China, is described and illustrated. It differs from the morphologically similar B. fimbristipula Hance by its orchid-root-like rhizomes, later flowering and distinctive hairy bracts. Also, based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis, B. intermedia is distinct from B. fimbristipula.