Begonia shenzhenensis, a new species of Begoniaceae from Guangdong, China

By

Tian, Daike
Chen, Bin
Xiao, Yan
Zheng, Min-Min
Ge, Bin-Jie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

178

Pages

171--177

Subjects

Conservation status , deciduous , Morphology , rhizomatous begonia , southern China , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.178.66462

 

Abstract

Begonia shenzhenensis D.K.Tian & X.Yun Wang, sp. nov., a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum of Begoniaceae from Shenzhen of Guangdong province, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is primarily similar to B. coelocentroides in the same section but differs by its denser hairs on leaf, petiole, and pedicel, abtuse anther apex, hairy ovary, and narrower adaxial fruit wing. Based on only one small population found to date, its conservation status is assigned to Critical Endangered according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.