AN UPDATED CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE SPECIES OF BOLIVIAN BEGONIA, INCLUDING ONE NEW SPECIES
Author
Moonlight, Peter
Author
Fuentes, Alfredo F.
text
Edinburgh Journal of Botany
2022
2022-08-18
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407
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.407
journal article
10.24823/EJB.2022.407
1747-0036
10553332
1.4.
Begonia germaineana
Tebbitt, Brittonia
67(3): 222, fig. 1 (2015).
–
Type:
Bolivia
,
Santa Cruz Department
,
Prov. Vallegrande
,
camino de Loma Larga a Algodonal
,
18°46′S
,
63°53′W
,
1783 m
,
28 i 2011
,
G.A. Parada
,
Y. Inturias
,
S. Carreño
&
V.J. Rojas
3016 (
holotype
USZ
;
isotypes
FCQ
,
LPB
,
MO
)
. M.C. Tebbitt, Tuberous Begonias, a Monograph of
Begonia
sect.
Australes
83 (2020).
Distribution
. Endemic to
Bolivia
and
Santa Cruz Department
.
Identification notes
.
Begonia germaineana
is unique among tuberous, yellow-flowered
Begonia
in being glabrous throughout.