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Issue: Vol. 502 No. 3: 25 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.502.3.7
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Begonia (Sect. Diploclinium, Begoniaceae) from Sikkim, India

Department of Botany, Sikkim University, 6th mile, Samdur, P. O. : Tadong-737102 Gangtok, Sikkim
Department of Botany, Sikkim University, 6th mile, Samdur, P. O. : Tadong-737102 Gangtok, Sikkim
Department of Botany, Sikkim University, 6th mile, Samdur, P. O. : Tadong-737102 Gangtok, Sikkim
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, Gangtok -737103, India
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, Gangtok -737103, India
Begonia conservation Himalaya taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Begonia ahooensis P.L.Sherpa, Aditya Pradhan & Arun Chettri, is described from Sikkim, India. A detailed description along with an illustrative photo plate is provided. Affinity with the allied species B. grandis is discussed.

How to Cite

SHERPA, PHURBA LHAMU, ADITYA PRADHAN, ARUN CHETTRI, DINESH KUMAR AGRAWALA, and DAVID LALSAMA BIATE. 2021. “A New Species of <em>Begonia</em> (Sect. <em>Diploclinium</Em>, Begoniaceae) from Sikkim, India”. Phytotaxa 502 (3):289–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.502.3.7.