A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans

A new species, Begonia pasighatensis D.Borah, Taram & Wahlsteen (Begoniaceae) is described and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from all other species in the section Platycentrum by its swollen, spherical ovary with two wings reduced to ridges and a long, pointing upper wing. The new spec...

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Autores principales:	Dipankar Borah, Momang Taram, Eric Wahlsteen
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	National Taiwan University 2021
Materias:	begonia pasighatensis begonia thomsonii diploclinium platycentrum new species rediscovery taxonomy Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3a6ce258c3224eba83e228a16e8b54462021-11-26T01:21:31ZA new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans10.6165/tai.2021.66.4500372-333Xhttps://doaj.org/article/3a6ce258c3224eba83e228a16e8b54462021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1781https://doaj.org/toc/0372-333XA new species, Begonia pasighatensis D.Borah, Taram & Wahlsteen (Begoniaceae) is described and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from all other species in the section Platycentrum by its swollen, spherical ovary with two wings reduced to ridges and a long, pointing upper wing. The new species belongs to Begonia section Platycentrum and is distributed in southern Arunachal Pradesh in East India. We also report a finding of the rare species Begonia scintillans in the Namdapha National Park. This species is similar to B. thomsonii but differs in number of styles and color of the indumentum. Both species are illustrated by photographs and a distribution map is provided.Dipankar BorahMomang TaramEric WahlsteenNational Taiwan Universityarticlebegonia pasighatensisbegonia thomsoniidiplocliniumplatycentrumnew speciesrediscoverytaxonomyBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENTaiwania, Vol 66, Iss 4, Pp 450-454 (2021)
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spellingShingle	begonia pasighatensis begonia thomsonii diploclinium platycentrum new species rediscovery taxonomy Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Dipankar Borah Momang Taram Eric Wahlsteen A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
description	A new species, Begonia pasighatensis D.Borah, Taram & Wahlsteen (Begoniaceae) is described and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from all other species in the section Platycentrum by its swollen, spherical ovary with two wings reduced to ridges and a long, pointing upper wing. The new species belongs to Begonia section Platycentrum and is distributed in southern Arunachal Pradesh in East India. We also report a finding of the rare species Begonia scintillans in the Namdapha National Park. This species is similar to B. thomsonii but differs in number of styles and color of the indumentum. Both species are illustrated by photographs and a distribution map is provided.
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title	A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
title_short	A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
title_full	A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
title_fullStr	A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
title_full_unstemmed	A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans
title_sort	new begonia species from arunachal pradesh, and some notes on begonia scintillans
publisher	National Taiwan University
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3a6ce258c3224eba83e228a16e8b5446
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A new Begonia species from Arunachal Pradesh, and some notes on Begonia scintillans

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