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Issue: Vol. 616 No. 2: 26 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.2.6
Page range: 169-175
Abstract views: 431
PDF downloaded: 21

A New Species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carrera 45 N° 26-85; Bogotá; D.C.; Colombia
Botany Department; School of Natural Sciences; Trinity College Dublin; Dublin 2; Ireland
Grupo Interdisciplinario en Ciencias GICI-DIN; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Eudicots Begoniaceae Ruizopavonia Colombia

Abstract

A new species of Begonia section Ruizopavonia is here described and illustrated, and a key for the Colombian species of the section is also provided. The new species grows on the eastern side of the eastern Colombian Cordillera and can be recognized among species in the same section bearing staminate flowers with 4 tepals and pistillate flowers with 3 tepals by the larger outer tepals on both the staminate and pistillate flowers (>9.5 mm long). We assess the new species as Endangered (EN) under IUCN criteria; its protection is therefore recommended.

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