AN UPDATED CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE SPECIES OF BOLIVIAN BEGONIA, INCLUDING ONE NEW SPECIES
Author
Moonlight, Peter
Author
Fuentes, Alfredo F.
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.407
journal article
10.24823/EJB.2022.407
1747-0036
10553332
6.32.
Begonia wollnyi
Herzog
, Repert.
Spec. Nov.
Regni Veg. 7: 63 (1909).
– Type:
Bolivia
,
Im Bergwald der Quebrada de Cuñucú
(
Cordillera de Sta. Cruz
), c.
800 m
,
x 1907
,
T.C.J. Herzog
86 (
holotype
Z
).
R.C. Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 184: 138 (1958);
Tebbitt,
Begonian 79: 99 (2012)
; D.C. Wasshausen
et al.
in P.M. JØrgensen
et al.
(eds), Cat.
Bolivia
,
Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 129: 386 (2013)
;
M.C. Tebbitt,
Edinburgh J. Bot. 75(2): 218 (2018)
.
Begonia williamsii
Rusby & Nash
later homonym non
B.S.Williams.
, Torreya 6(3): 47, fig.
s.n.
(1906). – Type:
Bolivia
,
San Buena Ventura
, [
14°27′S
,
67°33′W
],
1400 ft
,
14 xi 1901
,
R.S. Williams
600 (
lectotype
NY
[
NY00118714
] designated in:
Revista Univ. (Cuzco) 33(87): 84 (1944)
by Smith, L.B. & Schubert, B.G.;
isolectotypes
BM
[
BM000043984
],
K
[
K000536789
],
US
[
US00115497
]
).
L.B. Smith & B.G.
Schubert
,
Revista Univ.
(
Cuzco
) 33(87): 84 (1944)
; R.C.
Foster
,
Contr. Gray Herb.
184: 138 (1958);
L.J. Dorr,
Brittonia
43(4): 223 (1991)
;
M.C. Tebbitt,
Edinburgh J.
Bot.
75(2): 218 (2018)
.
Begonia parodiana
L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
, Darwiniana 5: 88 (1941b). –
Type
:
Argentina
, Prov.
Salta
, Dept. Oran,
Cerros
de
río Ytau
,
54 km
west of
Manuela Pedraza
, [
24°30′S
,
65°0′W
],
800 m
,
29 x 1939
,
W.J. Eyerdam & A.A. Beetle
22726 (
holotype
GH [
GB00068261
];
isotypes
K, G [
G00034152
]).
D.C. Wasshausen
et al.
in P.M. JØrgensen
et al.
(eds), Cat.
Bolivia
,
Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 129: 385 (2013)
;
Delfini
, C. in Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds), Fl.
Argentina
17: 11 (2017)
;
M.C. Tebbitt
et al.
,
Edinburgh J. Bot. 75(2): 218 (2018)
.
Distribution
.
Peru
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Venezuela
and
Argentina
.
Nomenclatural notes
. In the protologue of
Begonia williamsii
Rusby & Nash (1906: 47)
, the authors cited material collected by R. S. Williams north of San Buena Ventura in
Bolivia
between 1901 and 1902. In their account of the
Begoniaceae
of
Bolivia
,
Smith & Schubert (1944a)
cited a sheet of
R.S. Williams
600 in
New York as the
type
of this name. There is only one sheet matching this description in the
New York
Botanical Garden herbarium, so this counts as an effective lectotypification. This proceeds an attempt by
Tebbitt
et
al.
(2018b) to lectotypify
Begonia williamsii
, thus Smith and Schubert’s earlier typification should be followed (see Article 9.19 of the Shenzhen Code; Turland
et al.
, 2018).
Identification notes
. In
Bolivia
,
Begonia wollnyi
is most likely to be confused with either
B. acerifolia
or
B. leathermaniae
. It can be distinguished from the former species by its usually basifixed leaves and its three, well-developed wings on its ovaries and fruits (vs two wings reduced to small, rib-like projections).
Begonia leathermaniae
is best distinguished by its ring of trichomes where its petiole joins the leaf lamina.