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Issue: Vol. 409 No. 1: 5 July 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.409.1.7
Page range: 49–52
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Begonia Linn. (Begoniaceae) in karst regions from Guizhou, China

1 Department of Pharmacy, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550002, China
2 Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China 3 University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2 Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
4 Kunming Institute of Landscape, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China
2 Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
Begoniaceae Begonia Guizhou new species geophyte Eudicots

Abstract

Karst regions provide a special environment for plant development, and have a highly endemic flora. A tuberous Begonia species, collected from a limestone mountain in Guizhou province, has been confirmed to be new to science, described and illustrated here. In sect. Diploclinium, the new species, Begonia zunyiensis S.Z.He & Y.M.Shui sp. nov., is similar to B. labordei H.Lév., but differs in having lanceolate leaves, fused filaments and styles, and the largest wing on the fruit being falciform.