Begonia limprichtii Irmsch. (Begoniaceae) – a new record for India

Dipankar Borah; Momang Taram; Eric Wahlsteen

doi:10.2478/biorc-2021-0002

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Begonia limprichtii Irmsch. (Begoniaceae) – a new record for India

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

Volume 61 (2021): Issue 2 (March 2021)

By: Dipankar Borah , Momang Taram and Eric Wahlsteen

Open Access

|Nov 2021

Abstract

Begonia limprichtii (Begoniaceae) is reported from India for the first time. It belongs to the section Platycentrum and is similar to B. thomsonii, but is overall less hairy with ovary nearly glabrous (versus villous) and upper ovary wing beaked and rounded (versus triangular).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2021-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2080-945X | Journal ISSN: 1897-2810

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Language: English

Page range: 29 - 33

Submitted on: Mar 3, 2021

Accepted on: Mar 31, 2021

Published on: Nov 3, 2021

Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University

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