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| Begonia ngocbonii T.S. Hoang & C.W. Lin, in Hoang, Lin and Trinh, 2022. |
Abstract
Begonia ngocbonii, a new species from North Vietnam is here described and illustrated. It resembles B. pellionioides Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen, but is distinguishable by its hairy (vs. glabrous) stem, shorter inflorescence up to 1 cm (vs. ca. 5 cm or longer), 2-tepaled staminate and pistillate flowers (vs. 4-tepaled staminate flowers and 5-tepaled pistillate flowers), glabrous tepals (vs. spiny pilose on abaxial surface of outer tepals) and unilamellate placenta (vs. bilamellate).
Keywords: biodiversity, endemism, taxonomy, Eudicots
Begonia ngocbonii T.S. Hoang & C.W. Lin
Hoang Thanh Son, Che-Wei Lin and Trinh Ngoc Bon. 2022. Begonia ngocbonii (Sect. Petermannia, Begoniaceae), A New Species from North Vietnam. Phytotaxa. 541(1); 79-85. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.541.1.8
