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Moonlight &amp; Tebbitt
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sect.
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is a highly distinct species with an unusual combination of features that is easily recognized as the only Peruvian species of
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The epithet
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. Habit.
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. Male Fower, front view.
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. Female Fower, side view.
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. Stamens, front and side view.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFDAFF97FBE9F8328B22F84D" bold="true" box="[1124,1142,1922,1948]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">F</emphasis>
. Style, front and back view. Scale bars: AD = 1 cm; EF = 1 mm. Drawn by Claire Banks. From
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(E).
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<heading id="A45281CEFFD9FF94FF30FE718E1AFE0A" bold="true" box="[189,334,449,475]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="2">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FF30FE718E1AFE0A" bold="true" box="[189,334,449,475]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Description</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD9FF94FF30FE408A23FC02" blockId="6.[189,1399,496,980]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Caulescent, tuberous herb. Tuber subglobose, 12 mm in diam. Stems 13 per tuber, erect, ca 0.2 mm in diam., 530 mm long, unbranched, internodes 1.57.5 mm long, glabrous, light green. Stipules persistent, narrowly lanceolate, 0.51.5 × 0.20.5 mm, apex acuminate, aristate, terminal hair ca 0.4 mm long, margin entire, with 12 ciliate hairs to 0.2 mm on each side. Leaves 14, alternate, basiFxed; petiole orientated in same direction as the main vein of blade, 825 mm long, glabrous, blade symmetrical to subsymmetric, ovate to suborbicular, 830 × 725 mm, membranous, apex obtuse, base cordate, basal lobes not overlapping, sinus 0.52 mm deep, margin irregularly crenate, ciliate, the hairs to 0.3 mm, upper surface glabrous, light grey-green, lower glabrous, light grey-green, veins palmate, 57, secondary veins indistinct. InForescences 12, axillary, arising from axis of each leaf, erect, an asymmetric dichasial cyme, with 12 branches, bearing up to 2 male Fowers and up to 2 female Fowers, usually protandrous but basal-most female Fower often opening concurrently with the apical male Fower; peduncle 540 mm long, glabrous; pedicels of male Fowers 26 mm long, glabrous; pedicels of female Fowers 15 mm long, glabrous; bracts persistent, elliptic, 1.52.5 × 0.10.3 mm, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous or with up to 2 ciliate hairs to 0.2 mm on each side, dark brown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FF30F8D18E52F8AA" bold="true" box="[189,262,1889,1915]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fig 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD9FF94FE9CF8D28DB8F8AA" authority="Moonlight &amp; Tebbitt" authorityName="Moonlight &amp; Tebbitt" box="[273,748,1889,1915]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FE9CF8D28E27F8AA" box="[273,371,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Begonia</emphasis>
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FEF0F8D18EB3F8AA" box="[381,487,1889,1915]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">elachista</emphasis>
Moonlight &amp; Tebbitt
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FCD3F8D18C27F8AA" bold="true" box="[862,883,1889,1915]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A</emphasis>
. Whole plant.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FBA7F8D18B6AF8AA" bold="true" box="[1066,1086,1889,1915]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">B</emphasis>
. Male and female Fower, front view.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FEC4F8348E0AF84F" bold="true" box="[329,350,1924,1950]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">C</emphasis>
. Female Fower, side view.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FD23F8348D97F84F" bold="true" box="[686,707,1924,1950]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">D</emphasis>
. Habit and associated vegetation.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FBE9F8348BCFF84F" bold="true" box="[1124,1179,1924,1950]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">EF</emphasis>
. Habitat and wild population. Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 5 mm; C = 2 mm; D = 2 cm; EF = 10 cm. Photographed by Peter Moonlight. All from
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD9FF94FE3EF87B8C55F834" box="[435,769,1994,2021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. Moonlight &amp; A. Daza 318</emphasis>
(E).
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<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FEBB8C2BFD1D" blockId="7.[189,1399,267,716]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Male Fowers: tepals 24, spreading, white, outer two lanceolate to oblanceolate, 37.5 × 12.5 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire, glabrous, inner 12 elliptic if present, 34 × 0.751.25 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 2 or 4, yellow, Flaments 0.250.75 mm long, united on a 0.751 mm column, anthers elliptic, 0.751.5 mm long, often with long and short thecae on the same anther, dehiscing via lateral slits, connectives not projecting, symmetrically basiFxed. Female Fowers: bracteoles absent; tepals not persisting in fruit, 2 or rarely 3, spreading, white, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, equal, 34.5 × 0.752.5 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire, glabrous; ovary body ovoid, 1.52.5 × 12.5 mm, glabrous, white, subequally 23-winged, wings rounded-oblong, apical edge of wing truncate to convex, basal edge rounded, apex acute to obtuse, 22.5 mm long, 11.75 mm wide; 23-locular, placentas entire, bearing ovules on both surfaces; styles 23, yellow, free to base, 23 mm long, biFd from about ⅔ their height, stigmatic papillae in a once spirally twisted band. Fruiting pedicel to 5 mm long. Fruit body globose, to 1.52.5 × 22.5 mm, glabrous, drying brown, wings same shape and size as in ovary. Seeds not examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FD438EBAFCDC" blockId="7.[189,494,755,781]" box="[189,494,755,781]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<heading id="A45281CEFFD8FF95FF30FD438EBAFCDC" bold="true" box="[189,494,755,781]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" reason="2">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30FD438EBAFCDC" bold="true" box="[189,494,755,781]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FC938EC9FC19" blockId="7.[189,1399,802,968]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FF30FC938EC2FCED" box="[189,406,802,828]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30FC938EC2FCED" box="[189,406,802,828]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Begonia elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is known only from the type locality in the Peruvian region of Pasco (Oxapampa Province) and has been collected on calcareous rocks by the entrance to a cave within primary lowland Amazonian forest, at an altitude of 430 m. It was observed growing on rocks free from other vascular plants in association with various bryophyte species in the almost continual shade of the surrounding forest.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B7BF6529FFD8FF95FF30FC408B7AFA83" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FC408EE1FBDB" blockId="7.[189,437,1008,1034]" box="[189,437,1008,1034]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<heading id="A45281CEFFD8FF95FF30FC408EE1FBDB" bold="true" box="[189,437,1008,1034]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" reason="2">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30FC408EE1FBDB" bold="true" box="[189,437,1008,1034]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Conservation status</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FBAE8B7AFA83" blockId="7.[189,1399,1054,1363]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
The known range of
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FE24FBAF8D66FBE9" box="[425,562,1054,1080]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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consists of the area immediately around a single cave mouth and nearby limestone outcrops in sector Paujil of Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén (AOO &lt;1 km 2). There are no other known limestone outcrops in sector Paujil of Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén or the surrounding areas thus its range is likely limited to this site. Around 5,000 plants are found at this locality and the population appeared stable during Feldwork in February 2016. Although the area is currently protected and tourists are prohibited from visiting the site, the national park authorities are considering building a tourist trail to the cave. The resulting increased footfall would put considerable pressure on the species habitat and inevitably decrease the population size. Accordingly, we classify
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30FA898E1CFA83" box="[189,328,1336,1362]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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as Critically Endangered: CR B2 ab(iii) (
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).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="B7BF6529FFD8FF9AFF30FACC8B44FA37" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="discussion">
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<heading id="A45281CEFFD8FF95FF30FACC8E0DFA4A" bold="true" box="[189,345,1404,1435]" fontSize="13" level="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" reason="0">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30FACC8E0DFA4A" bold="true" box="[189,345,1404,1435]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Discussion</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF95FF30FA028BDAF89E" blockId="7.[189,1399,1458,1872]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
The tuberous habit and western South American range of
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FCDDFA038C8CFA1D" box="[848,984,1458,1484]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD8FF95FC50FA038B62FA1C" box="[989,1078,1459,1485]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
suggest a close relationship with other tuberous Andean species of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FDF2FA668DB5FA3E" box="[639,737,1494,1519]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FDF2FA668DB5FA3E" box="[639,737,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Begonia</emphasis>
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but this is not supported by our analysis. The majority of tuberous Andean
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FE06FA498EB9F9C3" box="[395,493,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species are currently classiFed in
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FC0EFA498CC8F9C3" box="[899,924,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
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<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FC6CFA498B34F9C2" box="[993,1120,1529,1555]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eupetalum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is distinguished by its geophytic tubers or Feshy rhizomes and relatively large Fowers (
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD8FF95FB87F9AC8A43F9E7" author="Doorenbos J. &amp; Sosef M. &amp; De Wilde J. J. F. E." box="[1034,1303,1564,1590]" journalOrPublisher="Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 98" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="1 - 266" part="2" refString="Doorenbos J., Sosef M. &amp; De Wilde J. J. F. E. 1998. The sections of Begonia including descriptions, keys and species lists (studies in Begoniaceae VI). Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 98 (2): 1 - 266." title="The sections of Begonia including descriptions, keys and species lists (studies in Begoniaceae VI)" type="journal article" year="1998">
Doorenbos
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FB18F9AD8B85F9E7" box="[1173,1233,1564,1590]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al.</emphasis>
1998
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD8FF95FAA9F9AC8FA9F98B" author="Hughes M. &amp; Moonlight P. W. &amp; Jara-Munoz A. &amp; Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M." journalOrPublisher="Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="2016" part="15" publicationUrl="http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/begonia" refString="Hughes M., Moonlight P. W., Jara-Munoz A., Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M. 2015 and continously updated. Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at http: // elmer. rbge. org. uk / begonia / [accessed 15 Aug. 2016]." title="and continously updated" type="journal article" year="2015">Tebbitt 2015</bibRefCitation>
). All other tuberous Andean species are classiFed within
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FC13F9F08CE3F988" box="[926,951,1600,1625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FC71F9F08B10F988" box="[1020,1092,1600,1625]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Clavicipitaceae" genus="Barya" kingdom="Fungi" order="Hypocreales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FC71F9F08B10F988" box="[1020,1092,1600,1625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Barya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FBDFF9F08B38F988" box="[1106,1132,1600,1625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FB3DF98F8A10F988" box="[1200,1348,1599,1625]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Knesebeckia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FB3DF98F8A10F988" box="[1200,1348,1599,1625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Knesebeckia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FF30F9D38F82F9AD" box="[189,214,1635,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FE91F9D28EB7F9AD" box="[284,483,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Quadriperigonia</emphasis>
, and all four sections differ from
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FCF9F9D38B54F9AD" box="[884,1024,1634,1660]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FCF9F9D38B54F9AD" box="[884,1024,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD8FF95FB85F9D38B37F9AC" box="[1032,1123,1635,1661]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in a suite of characters including their biFd placentae (except
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FD01F9368B5EF971" authority="L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub." authorityName="L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub." box="[652,1034,1669,1696]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Clavicipitaceae" genus="Barya" kingdom="Fungi" order="Hypocreales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="lutea">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FD01F9368DBDF94E" box="[652,745,1669,1695]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. lutea</emphasis>
L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub.
</taxonomicName>
), more numerous stamens and female tepals, and much larger size. We resolve
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FD79F9198C5AF913" box="[756,782,1705,1730]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FCDFF9198CAAF912" box="[850,1022,1705,1731]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Microtuberosa</emphasis>
sect. nov. as distantly related to all tuberous species of Andean
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FDA3F97D8DC4F937" box="[558,656,1741,1766]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FDA3F97D8DC4F937" box="[558,656,1741,1766]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and most closely related to rhizomatous and scandent sections from southeast South America. The morphological differences between
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FC73F9408B43F8D8" box="[1022,1047,1776,1801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FBD5F95F8A50F8D8" box="[1112,1284,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Microtuberosa</emphasis>
sect. nov. and these sections are outlined above (
<tableCitation id="B2270319FFD8FF95FD09F8A28D88F8FD" box="[644,732,1810,1836]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="4.[189,258,268,294]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,382,1199]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Table 1. Comparison between Begonia sect. Microtuberosa Moonlight &amp; Tebbitt sect. nov. and closely related sections." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/ABDA662AFFDBFF96FF30FEBC8E2EFE99" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" tableUuid="ABDA662AFFDBFF96FF30FEBC8E2EFE99">Table 1</tableCitation>
) and, in combination with the placement of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FB66F8A38A23F8FD" box="[1259,1399,1810,1836]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FB66F8A38A23F8FD" box="[1259,1399,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD8FF95FF30F8868E4CF881" box="[189,280,1846,1872]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
outside of these sections, strongly support the description of a new section.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD8FF9AFF30F8C78DE6FE29" blockId="7.[189,1398,1911,2008]" lastBlockId="8.[189,1399,267,504]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
The large morphological disparity between
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD8FF95FD3AF8C88C15F840" box="[695,833,1911,1937]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FD3AF8C88C15F840" box="[695,833,1911,1937]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD8FF95FCCAF8C78CF5F840" box="[839,929,1911,1937]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and its nearest relatives is typical of that found in limestone cave endemics (
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD8FF95FDD1F82A8C61F865" author="Chung K. - F. &amp; Leong W. - C. &amp; Rubite R. R. &amp; Repin R. &amp; Kiew R. &amp; Liu Y &amp; Peng C-I." box="[604,821,1946,1972]" journalOrPublisher="Botanical Studies" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="1 - 15" part="55" publicationUrl="10.1186/1999-3110-55-1" refString="Chung K. - F., Leong W. - C., Rubite R. R., Repin R., Kiew R., Liu Y &amp; Peng C-I. 2014. Phylogenetic analyses of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum and allied limestone species of China shed light on the evolution of Sino-Vietnamese karst Fora. Botanical Studies 55 (1): 1 - 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / 1999 - 3110 - 55 - 1" title="Phylogenetic analyses of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum and allied limestone species of China shed light on the evolution of Sino-Vietnamese karst Fora" type="journal article" year="2014">
Chung
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD8FF95FD3EF82B8DBAF865" box="[691,750,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
). Such species are typically small, often tuberous or rhizomatous, and usually have relatively symmetrical leaves and small, white Fowers. Examples of this syndrome in
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE05FEBC8EBEFEF4" box="[392,490,268,293]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE05FEBC8EBEFEF4" box="[392,490,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are found across sections and continents and include
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFBEDFEBC8E84FE98" authority="Humb. ex Keraudren &amp; Bosser" authorityName="Humb. ex Keraudren &amp; Bosser" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="antsingyensis">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFBEDFEBC8A4AFEF4" box="[1120,1310,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. antsingyensis</emphasis>
Humb. ex Keraudren &amp; Bosser
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD9EFE9F8DEAFE98" box="[531,702,303,329]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Quadrilobaria</emphasis>
A.DC. (Madagascar);
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC4AFE9F8BF4FE99" authority="Ziesenh." authorityName="Ziesenh." box="[967,1184,302,328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cavum">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC4AFE9F8B61FE99" box="[967,1077,303,328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. cavum</emphasis>
Ziesenh.
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB6FFE9F8E6DFEBC" authority="Klotzsch" authorityName="Klotzsch" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Knesebeckia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB6FFE9F8A22FE98" box="[1250,1398,303,329]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Knesebeckia</emphasis>
(Klotzsch)
</taxonomicName>
A.DC. (Mexico);
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFD9BFEE38C49FEBD" authority="Irmsch." authorityName="Irmsch." box="[534,797,338,364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hoehneana">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD9BFEE38DEEFEBD" box="[534,698,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. hoehneana</emphasis>
Irmsch.
</taxonomicName>
sect. Unassigned (Brazil);
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFBE9FEE38A6CFEBD" authority="Irmsch." authorityName="Irmsch." box="[1124,1336,338,364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="exigua">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFBE9FEE38B81FEBD" box="[1124,1237,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. exigua</emphasis>
Irmsch.
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FEC68ED3FE41" authority="(Brazil)" baseAuthorityName="Brazil" box="[189,391,373,400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FEC68E4BFE5E" box="[189,287,374,399]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
(Brazil)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE19FEC68D22FE5E" authority="Aver." authorityName="Aver." box="[404,630,373,399]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minuscula">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE19FEC68D7AFE5E" box="[404,558,373,399]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. minuscula</emphasis>
Aver.
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD36FEC58C3AFE5E" box="[699,878,373,399]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Reichenheimea</emphasis>
(Klotzsch) A.DC. (Vietnam);
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB5AFEC68E32FE63" authority="Urb. &amp; Ekman" authorityName="Urb. &amp; Ekman" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="schulziana">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB5AFEC68A22FE5E" box="[1239,1398,373,399]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. schulziana</emphasis>
Urb. &amp; Ekman
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE2BFE298D0BFE62" authority="(Haiti)" baseAuthorityName="Haiti" box="[422,607,408,435]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE2BFE298D5CFE63" box="[422,520,409,434]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
(Haiti)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFDE5FE298C68FE63" authority="Ridl." authorityName="Ridl." box="[616,828,408,434]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="speluncae">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFDE5FE298DA8FE63" box="[616,764,408,434]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. speluncae</emphasis>
Ridl.
</taxonomicName>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFCF6FE288B7AFE63" box="[891,1070,408,434]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Reichenheimea</emphasis>
(Klotzsch) A.DC. (Borneo); and many others. This striking convergence among unrelated
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC16FE0C8CA9FE04" box="[923,1021,444,469]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC16FE0C8CA9FE04" box="[923,1021,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species on similar substrates in
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FE6F8E4BFE29" box="[189,287,479,504]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FE6F8E4BFE29" box="[189,287,479,504]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is worthy of further investigation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD7FF9AFF30FD908A7CFD16" blockId="8.[189,1399,544,711]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
That
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF76FD918E41FDEB" box="[251,277,545,570]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B.</emphasis>
sect.
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFED6FD908D53FDEB" box="[347,519,544,570]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Microtuberosa</emphasis>
sect. nov. is nested within a group of eastern Brazilian species suggests it represents an independent dispersal across the Amazon basin, in addition to those identiFed in
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD7FF9AFB76FDF38E04FD50" author="Hughes M. &amp; Moonlight P. W. &amp; Jara-Munoz A. &amp; Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M." journalOrPublisher="Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="2016" part="15" publicationUrl="http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/begonia" refString="Hughes M., Moonlight P. W., Jara-Munoz A., Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M. 2015 and continously updated. Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at http: // elmer. rbge. org. uk / begonia / [accessed 15 Aug. 2016]." title="and continously updated" type="journal article" year="2015">
Moonlight
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FDD78FA3FD51" box="[189,247,614,640]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
(2015)
</bibRefCitation>
. The majority of lowland Amazonia represents unsuitable habitat for most
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB34FDD78A4FFD51" box="[1209,1307,615,640]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB34FDD78A4FFD51" box="[1209,1307,615,640]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species but the genus appears to have dispersed across the area multiple times. The discovery of a further dispersal event highlights the abundance of rare long-distance dispersal events within
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB4DFD1E8A76FD16" box="[1216,1314,686,711]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB4DFD1E8A76FD16" box="[1216,1314,686,711]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD7FF9AFF30FD5F8E2EFC47" blockId="8.[189,1399,750,918]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FD5F8EC5FCD9" box="[189,401,750,776]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FD5F8EC5FCD9" box="[189,401,750,776]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFE17FD5F8EA2FCD8" box="[410,502,751,777]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is one of a number of recently described species of Peruvian
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB55FD5F8A6EFCD9" box="[1240,1338,751,776]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB55FD5F8A6EFCD9" box="[1240,1338,751,776]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The number of species known from this country has risen from the 34 covered in the Flora of Peru (
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD7FF9AFAA2FCA18ED9FC9E" author="Smith L. B. &amp; Schubert B. G." journalOrPublisher="Flora of Peru 13" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="181 - 202" part="4" refString="Smith L. B. &amp; Schubert B. G. 1941. Begoniaceae. Flora of Peru 13 (4): 181 - 202." title="Begoniaceae" type="journal article" year="1941">Smith &amp; Schubert 1941</bibRefCitation>
) to more than 75 today (
<bibRefCitation id="9B344B53FFD7FF9AFD4CFC858CFBFC9E" author="Hughes M. &amp; Moonlight P. W. &amp; Jara-Munoz A. &amp; Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M." box="[705,943,820,847]" journalOrPublisher="Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="2016" part="15" publicationUrl="http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/begonia" refString="Hughes M., Moonlight P. W., Jara-Munoz A., Tebbitt M. C. &amp; Pullan M. 2015 and continously updated. Begonia Resource Centre. Online database available at http: // elmer. rbge. org. uk / begonia / [accessed 15 Aug. 2016]." title="and continously updated" type="journal article" year="2015">
Hughes
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFCAAFC858C31FC9E" box="[807,869,821,847]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
2015
</bibRefCitation>
). This continued rapid rate of species discovery suggests many more species may remain undiscovered within the country, particularly in limestone areas.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF1A36A2FFD7FF9AFF30FC0D8B44FA37" blockId="8.[189,1399,956,1511]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
A number of species are contenders for the worlds smallest
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC01FC0D8CBAFC07" box="[908,1006,957,982]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC01FC0D8CBAFC07" box="[908,1006,957,982]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and many have been designated epithets emphasising their diminutive statures. The Frst of these was
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC7FFC508BCAFC2B" authority="Jacq." authorityName="Jacq." box="[1010,1182,992,1018]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC7FFC508B0EFC28" box="[1010,1114,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. minor</emphasis>
Jacq.
</taxonomicName>
in 1787, although in this case the name only implied it was slightly smaller than the 20 or so species previously described, and it still grows to more than 1 m. Perhaps the most delicate known
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC62FB978B05FB91" box="[1007,1105,1063,1088]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC62FB978B05FB91" box="[1007,1105,1063,1088]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species is the Malaysian
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FBFA8E98FBB2" authority="Ridl." authorityName="Ridl." box="[189,460,1097,1123]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sibthorpioides">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FBFA8ED3FBB2" box="[189,391,1097,1123]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. sibthorpioides</emphasis>
Ridl.
</taxonomicName>
, whose leaves and Fowers are both smaller than those of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFBF3FBFA8A5EFBB2" box="[1150,1290,1097,1123]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFBF3FBFA8A5EFBB2" box="[1150,1290,1097,1123]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFA9EFBFA8A26FBB5" box="[1299,1394,1098,1124]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; however, the stem of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE4BFBDD8DC5FB57" box="[454,657,1132,1158]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sibthorpioides">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE4BFBDD8DC5FB57" box="[454,657,1132,1158]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. sibthorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
trails to 10 cm. Malagasy
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC51FBDD8B6AFB57" box="[988,1086,1133,1158]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC51FBDD8B6AFB57" box="[988,1086,1133,1158]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also include a number of tiny species, including
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE42FB208DFFFB7B" authority="Humb." authorityName="Humb." box="[463,683,1168,1194]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leandrii">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE42FB208D1AFB7B" box="[463,590,1168,1194]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. leandrii</emphasis>
Humb.
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFD35FB208C3CFB7B" authority="L'Her." authorityName="L'Her." box="[696,872,1168,1194]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nana">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD35FB208C41FB78" box="[696,789,1168,1193]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. nana</emphasis>
LHér.
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC2EFB208B68FB7B" box="[931,1084,1168,1194]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="perpusilla">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC2EFB208B68FB7B" box="[931,1084,1168,1194]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. perpusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
A.DC., while the smallest mainland African species is
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFD8AFB048DEBFB1C" authority="Sosef" authorityName="Sosef" box="[519,703,1203,1229]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="wilksii">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD8AFB048D20FB1C" box="[519,628,1203,1229]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. wilksii</emphasis>
Sosef
</taxonomicName>
, but all exceed the 3 cm total height of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB06FB048A41FB1C" box="[1163,1301,1203,1229]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB06FB048A41FB1C" box="[1163,1301,1203,1229]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFA91FB038A23FB1C" box="[1308,1399,1203,1229]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in either their inForescence height or petiole length. The recently described Vietnamese
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB56FB678EF1FAC2" authority="Aver. and Sumatran" authorityName="Aver. and Sumatran" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minuscula">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB56FB678A23FB21" box="[1243,1399,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. minuscula</emphasis>
Aver. and Sumatran
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFE20FB4A8D9FFAC2" authority="M.Hughes" authorityName="M.Hughes" box="[429,715,1273,1299]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilliputana">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFE20FB4A8D13FAC2" box="[429,583,1273,1299]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. lilliputana</emphasis>
M.Hughes
</taxonomicName>
are both small, but the rhizomes of the former reach 6 cm while the leaf length of the latter equals the entire height of
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFC29FAAD8B66FAE7" box="[932,1074,1308,1334]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFC29FAAD8B66FAE7" box="[932,1074,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFBB0FAAD8BCFFAE6" box="[1085,1179,1309,1335]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFB28FAAD8E87FA8B" authority="L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub." authorityName="L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sleumeri">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFB28FAAD8A22FAE7" box="[1189,1398,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia sleumeri</emphasis>
L.B.Sm. &amp; B.G.Schub.
</taxonomicName>
is particularly notable in being a small tuberous species from Andean South America. This Argentinian species has smaller leaf blades of a similar size (13.1 × 1.44.6 cm) to
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FA378E13FA71" box="[189,327,1414,1440]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FA378E13FA71" box="[189,327,1414,1440]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFEC3FA378EFCFA70" box="[334,424,1415,1441]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
but has larger tubers (0.52 cm in diam.), sometimes has taller stems (up to 4.5 cm tall), often has longer petioles (1.25.3 cm long), and almost always has larger Fowers. We believe
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFF30FA7D8E1CFA37" box="[189,328,1484,1510]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elachista" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFF30FA7D8E1CFA37" box="[189,328,1484,1510]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B. elachista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6E257CBFFD7FF9AFEC2FA7D8EFDFA36" box="[335,425,1485,1511]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is the smallest known
<taxonomicName id="38A54D21FFD7FF9AFD38FA7D8C43FA37" box="[693,791,1485,1510]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDD1EAB0FFD7FF9AFD38FA7D8C43FA37" box="[693,791,1485,1510]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Begonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in the world.
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