treatments-xml/data/62/E8/8C/62E88CA661CD5DC4ABB7131238C1589B.xml
2024-06-21 12:38:20 +02:00

438 lines
28 KiB
XML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721" ID-PMC="PMC6969003" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-138-203" ID-Pensoft-UUID="37174C2A6257592B83BED9D2E2CAA79B" ID-PubMed="31988614" ModsDocID="1314-2003-138-203" checkinTime="1578758105156" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Maw, Mya Bhone, Ding, Hong-Bo, Yang, Bin, Win, Pyae Pyae &amp; Tan, Yun-Hong" docDate="2020" docId="62E88CA661CD5DC4ABB7131238C1589B" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 138: 203-217" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 138" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721" docTitle="Begonia putaoensis Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding 2020, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" id="37174C2A6257592B83BED9D2E2CAA79B" lastPageNumber="203" masterDocId="37174C2A6257592B83BED9D2E2CAA79B" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic studies on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Myanmar I: three new species and supplementary description of Begonia rheophytica from Northern Myanmar" masterLastPageNumber="217" masterPageNumber="203" pageNumber="203" updateTime="1668139614508" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Taxonomic studies on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Myanmar I: three new species and supplementary description of Begonia rheophytica from Northern Myanmar</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Maw, Mya Bhone</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Ding, Hong-Bo</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Yang, Bin</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Win, Pyae Pyae</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Tan, Yun-Hong</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>PhytoKeys</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part>
<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
<mods:detail type="volume">
<mods:number>138</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent unit="page">
<mods:start>203</mods:start>
<mods:end>217</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location>
<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1314-2003-138-203</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-UUID">37174C2A6257592B83BED9D2E2CAA79B</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="161672085" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:62E88CA661CD5DC4ABB7131238C1589B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/62E88CA661CD5DC4ABB7131238C1589B" lastPageNumber="203" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName LSID="62E88CA6-61CD-5DC4-ABB7-131238C1589B" authority="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis" status="sp. nov.">Begonia putaoensis Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw &amp; H.B.Ding</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="203">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Begonia putaoensis Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding, sp. nov. (wild, photographed by H. B. Ding) A-B habitat C rhizome D inflorescence E stipule on stem F-H single leaf (front and back view) I flowers (front view) J flowers (back view) K outer tepals of male flower (back view) L inner tepals of male flower (back view) M androecium with pedicel." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/370290" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Figures 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Begonia putaoensis Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding, sp. nov. (cultivated plants, photographed by H. B. Ding) A habit B staminate flower showing 4 tepals C staminate flower showing 6 tepals D pistillate flower showing 6 tepals and 3 styles E pistillate flower showing 5 tepals and 2 styles F rhizome G stipule (back view) H stipule (front view) I bract J uppermost bract K stigma (3, front view) L stigma (2, side view) M androecium (front view) N fruit with unequal wings O serial cross section of ovary." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/370291" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">, 3</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Begonia putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Y.H. Tan, M.B. Maw &amp; H.B. Ding is morphologically similar to
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. scintillans" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="scintillans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. scintillans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/4120224" author="Dunn, ST" journalOrPublisher="Wageningen Agricultural University Papers" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" refId="B4" refString="Dunn, ST, 1920. Decades Kewensis: Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Horti Regii Conservatarum. Decas XCVI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew, 108-111. https://doi.org/10.2307/4120224" title="Decades Kewensis: Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Horti Regii Conservatarum. Decas XCVI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew, 108 - 111." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/4120224" year="1920">Dunn (1920</bibRefCitation>
: 111) in rhizomatous creeping habit and dark green ovate leaves with silver or white area on the upper surface, but it can be easily distinguished by the following characters: sparsely pubescent adaxially leaf (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
densely strigose) and glabrous capsule (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
red villose).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
Myanmar. Kachin State: Putao District, on the way from Camp 2 to Camp 3 along Putao to Madwel, on moist rocky slope in tropical rain forest,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="39" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="27.659721">27°39'35&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="97" direction="east" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="30" value="97.375">97°22'30&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 505 m, 29 November 2017,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Y.H. Tan</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. Yang</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">H.B. Ding</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">X.D. Zeng</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">M.B. Maw &amp; P.K. Linn M2923</emphasis>
(holotype: HITBC!; isotypes: RAF!).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
Perennial herb, monoecious, 10-25 cm tall.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Rhizome</emphasis>
creeping with adventitious roots, sometimes branched, 3-30 cm long, 5-12 mm thick, reddish brown, densely pubescent or rusty villous, internode short, 3-8 mm long.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Stipule</emphasis>
triangular, 6-12
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5-6 mm, apex cuspidate (3-5 mm), margin entire, rusty colored, densely rusty tomentose on both surfaces, persistent;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">petiole</emphasis>
scarlet red to crimson, cylindrical, 3-15 cm long, densely rusty tomentose.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Blade</emphasis>
ovate to widely ovate, 6.5-15 cm long, 6-11cm wide, asymmetric, adaxially dark green with gray or light-green areas, slightly pubescent, abaxially light-green, deep red along veins, rarely entirely dark red or red with light-green areas, slightly pubescent, rusty villous on the veins; base cordate, apex acuminate to attenuate, margin sinuate, with sparse hairs; venation palmate, 7-9 veined, adaxial slightly impressed, abaxial distinctly prominent.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Inflorescence</emphasis>
axillary, sub-corymb, erect, branching 2-3 times, 7-19 cm long. Primary peduncle 5.5-14.5 cm long, densely rusty tomentose, dark red, secondary 0.6-1.5 cm long; bract ovate to lanceolate or obovate, 8-13
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3-7 mm, glabrous, apex acute, margin entire, sometimes with ciliate, 2-10 flowers per inflorescence, male flowers open earlier at the same node.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Staminate flower</emphasis>
: pedicel white or pink, glabrous, 0.9-3.7 cm long, tepals 4, rarely 6, outer 2 (or 3) larger, pink, ovate to suborbicular, 1.3-1.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.1-2.1 cm, glabrous or abaxially strigose; inner 2 (rarely 3), smaller, white-pinkish, ovate or obovate, 9-17
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
7-11 mm., glabrous;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">androecium</emphasis>
4-6 mm long, 5-7 mm in diameter;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">stamens</emphasis>
numerous, filaments ca. 1.7 mm long, anthers yellow, obovate, nearly 1.2 mm long, apex obtuse.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Pistillate flower</emphasis>
: pedicel dark red, glabrous, 2.6-3.3 cm long, tepals 5, rarely 6, outer 3, larger, pink, ovate, 14-16
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1-13 mm, inner 2 (rarely 3), smaller, white-pinkish, ovate to suborbicular, 12-16
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
8-11 mm;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">ovary</emphasis>
glabrous, 2-loculed, placentae axillary, placentae 2 per locule,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">styles</emphasis>
2 or 3, fused at base, stigma bifid with twisted bands, highly convolute, yellow or golden yellow.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Capsule</emphasis>
nodding, ovoid, glabrous, unequally 3-winged; abaxial wing nearly round-rectangular, 13-17 mm broad, lateral wings shorter, 2.5-3.0 mm broad.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/370290" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Begonia putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw &amp; H.B.Ding, sp. nov. (wild, photographed by H.B. Ding)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">A-B</emphasis>
habitat
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">C</emphasis>
rhizome
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">D</emphasis>
inflorescence
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">E</emphasis>
stipule on stem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">F-H</emphasis>
single leaf (front and back view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">I</emphasis>
flowers (front view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">J</emphasis>
flowers (back view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">K</emphasis>
outer tepals of male flower (back view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">L</emphasis>
inner tepals of male flower (back view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">M</emphasis>
androecium with pedicel.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.138.38721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/370291" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Begonia putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw &amp; H.B.Ding, sp. nov. (cultivated plants, photographed by H.B. Ding)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">A</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B</emphasis>
staminate flower showing 4 tepals
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">C</emphasis>
staminate flower showing 6 tepals
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">D</emphasis>
pistillate flower showing 6 tepals and 3 styles
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">E</emphasis>
pistillate flower showing 5 tepals and 2 styles
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">F</emphasis>
rhizome
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">G</emphasis>
stipule (back view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">H</emphasis>
stipule (front view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">I</emphasis>
bract
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">J</emphasis>
uppermost bract
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">K</emphasis>
stigma (3, front view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">L</emphasis>
stigma (2, side view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">M</emphasis>
androecium (front view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">N</emphasis>
fruit with unequal wings
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">O</emphasis>
serial cross section of ovary.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Flowering from November to December; fruiting from December to February.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">The species is known from the single locality in Putao District, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">The species grows on moist rocky slopes of tropical montane forest, elevation 500-900 m.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">The species epithet refers to the type locality of the species, Putao District, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
Data Deficient (DD). The species might not confront strong human pressures because of the remoteness of its type locality. But we cannot assess the
<normalizedToken originalValue="species">species'</normalizedToken>
risk of extinction due to lack of data. Therefore, the species is temporarily assigned a status Data Deficient (DD) according to The Guidelines for Using The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" journalOrPublisher="Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" publicationUrl="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" refId="B16" refString="IUCN, 2017. Guidelines for using the IUCN red list categories and criteria. version 13. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" title="Guidelines for using the IUCN red list categories and criteria. version 13. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee." url="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" year="2017">IUCN 2017</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="affinities">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Affinities.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Begonia putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is mostly similar in morphological characters to
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. scintillans" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="scintillans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. scintillans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. annulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
K.
<bibRefCitation author="Koch, K" journalOrPublisher="Berliner Allgemeine Gartenzeitung" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" pagination="1 - 76" refId="B11" refString="Koch, K, 1857. Drei neue Schiefblatter oder Begonien. Berliner Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 25 (10): 1 - 76" title="Drei neue Schiefblatter oder Begonien." volume="25" year="1857">Koch (1857</bibRefCitation>
: 76) under the
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="section" section="Platycentrum">sect. Platycentrum</taxonomicName>
. But it can be easily distinguished from
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. scintillans" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="scintillans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. scintillans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having shorter internode 0.3-0.8 cm long (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
3-5 cm long), sparsely pubescent leaf lamina (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
densely hairy) and glabrous capsule (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
red villose). It differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. annulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
through having the following characteristics: rhizomatous creeping (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
rhizomatous erect) and dark green with silver or light green area on upper surface of leaf (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">vs.</emphasis>
dark green with silver or white bands). See Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Comparison of key morphological characters of Begonia putaoensis, B. scintillans and B. annulata." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/00A1A76CF4B8C42DFB5A89F5798FFF8D" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" tableUuid="00A1A76CF4B8C42DFB5A89F5798FFF8D">2</tableCitation>
for detailed comparison of
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. putaoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with morphologically allied species.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="00A1A76CF4B8C42DFB5A89F5798FFF8D" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/00A1A76CF4B8C42DFB5A89F5798FFF8D" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" start="Table 2" startId="T2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Table 2.</emphasis>
Comparison of key morphological characters of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. H. Tan, M. B. Maw &amp; H. B. Ding" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Begonia putaoensis" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Begonia putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. scintillans" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="scintillans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. scintillans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. annulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Attributes</emphasis>
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. putaoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="putaoensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. putaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. scintillans" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="scintillans">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. scintillans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. annulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="203" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Habit</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">rhizomatous, creeping 15-25 cm tall</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">rhizomatous, creeping 7-15 cm tall</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">rhizomatous, erect 15-30 cm tall</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Internode</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">short, 0.3-0.8 cm long</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">3-5 cm long</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">0.7-1.5 cm long</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Stipule</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
triangular, 6-12
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5-6 mm densely rusty tomentose on both surfaces
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
lanceolate, 6-11
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
4-6 mm villose on outer surface
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
lanceolate, 4 -13
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2 - 6 mm tomentose on outer surface
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Leaf</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
ovate to widely ovate 6.5-15
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
6-11cm
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
ovate-orbicular 4.5-10
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.5-7 cm
</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
ovate 9-15
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5-10 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Upper surface</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">dark green with silver or light green areas sparsely pubescent</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">dark green with small silver spots, densely strigose</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">dark green with white/silver bands slightly tomentose or strigose</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Lower surface</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">light green, deep red along veins entire dark-red or red with light green area slightly pubescent, rusty villous on the veins</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">red, densely red tomentose</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">red and green, strigose</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Staminate flower</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 4 (rarely 6), pink or white-pinkish</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 4, coral pink</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 4, white to pink</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Pistillate flower</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 5 (rarely 6), glabrous pink or white-pinkish</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 4-5, coral pink, pilose on outer surface</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">tepals 4-5, white to pale pink, puberulous on outer surface to glabrous</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Style</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">2 or 3</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">3</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Capsule</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">ovoid, glabrous, 3-winged longest one round-rectangular 13-17 mm broad</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">obovoid, red villose, 3-winged longest one rounded oblong 4-6 mm broad</td>
<td pageId="0" pageNumber="203">ellipsoid, tomentose, 3-winged longest one rounded oblong 5-9 mm broad</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="203" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Additional specimens examined</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="203">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">(paratypes).</emphasis>
Myanmar. Kachin State: Putao District, near around Camp 5, along Putao to Madwel, on moist rocky slopes in tropical rain forest,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="43" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="59.51" value="27.733198">27°43'59.51&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="97" direction="east" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="52.27" value="97.38119">97°22'52.27&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 873 m, 3 December 2017,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">Y.H. Tan</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">B. Yang</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">H.B. Ding</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">X.D. Zeng</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">M.B. Maw &amp; P.K. Linn M3168</emphasis>
(HITBC!; RAF!); MYANMAR. Kachin State: Putao District. Voucher from the cultivated plant in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 12 November 2018,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="203">H.B. Ding XTBG-0050</emphasis>
(HITBC!).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>