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TWO NEW PERUVIAN SPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) AND AN AMENDED DESCRIPTION OF BEGONIA THYRSOIDEA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2016

P. W. Moonlight  and
M. C. Tebbitt
P. W. Moonlight
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail: [email protected]. Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.
M. C. Tebbitt
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 15419-1394, USA.
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Abstract

Begonia speculum is described and illustrated as a new species endemic to the San Martín Region of Peru, and compared with Begonia cremnophila Tebbitt and Begonia lutea L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. Begonia erythrothrix is described and illustrated as a new species endemic to the Cuzco Region of Peru, and compared with an updated description of Begonia thyrsoidea Irmsch., which is lectotypified. Using International Union for Conservation of Nature criteria, Begonia speculum is considered Vulnerable; B. erythrothrix and B. thyrsoidea are assessed as Data Deficient.

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Begonia cremnophilaBegonia sect. EupetalumBegonia sect. QuadriperigoniaBegonia thrysoideaPeru
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , July 2017 , pp. 111 - 122
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2016) 

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