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Issue: Vol. 609 No. 2: 22 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.2.5
Page range: 131-137
Abstract views: 124
PDF downloaded: 15

Begonia littoralis (Begoniaceae), a new species from North Coast of São Paulo State, Brazil

Centro Universitário Módulo; Curso de Ciências Biológicas; Rua Maria D’Assumpção Carvalho; 1000; CEP: 11662-047; Caraguatatuba; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Botânica; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; BR-465; km 7; 23890-000; Seropédica; RJ; Brazil
Eudicots Atlantic Rainforest Cucurbitales endemic taxonomy

Abstract

Field research in Submontane Ombrophilous Atlantic Forest in the extreme North Coast of São Paulo State, bordering Rio de Janeiro, has brought us the knowledge of a new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae). The new species is here compared with Begonia erythrobracteata and Begonia fluminensis, by having similar leaf blades which are glabrous adaxially. Description, taxonomic comments, map, photographic plates, illustrations and a provisional IUCN Red List Assessment are provided.

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