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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: 23
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.