BEGONIA LECONGKIETII (SECT. PETERMANNIA), A NEW SPECIES FROM MOUNT DẦU, SOUTH CENTRAL COAST REGION, VIETNAM

A new species of Begonia (B. lecongkietii N.S.Lý & M.Hughes) is described from Mount Dầu in the South Central Coast Region, Vietnam, an area with an abundance of recently described endemic plant taxa. The new species is allied to Begonia lamxayana Souvann., which occurs 600 km away in Laos, diff...

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Published inEdinburgh journal of botany Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 167 - 172
Main Authors Lý, N.-S., Peng, C.-I., Hughes, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2018
Subjects
conservation
endemism
taxonomy
Biodiversity
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Summary:A new species of Begonia (B. lecongkietii N.S.Lý & M.Hughes) is described from Mount Dầu in the South Central Coast Region, Vietnam, an area with an abundance of recently described endemic plant taxa. The new species is allied to Begonia lamxayana Souvann., which occurs 600 km away in Laos, differing chiefly in having larger villose tepals with an undulate margin and larger androecium with 86–116 (versus 20–30) stamens. Begonia lecongkietii is considered Critically Endangered, owing to its small area of occupancy and decline of habitat quality.
ISSN:0960-4286
1474-0036
DOI:10.1017/S0960428618000033