Begonia limprichtii Irmsch. (Begoniaceae) – a new record for India
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Vol. 61 (2021)

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

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https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2021-0002
Published 2021-03-01
Dipankar Borah
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-1070
Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Assam India
India
Momang Taram
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4669-615X
Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh India
India
Eric Wahlsteen
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-1112
Botanical Museum, Lund University, Lund Sweden
Sweden
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Himalaya
Begonia thomsonii
new addition
flora of India

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Borah, D., Taram, M., & Wahlsteen, E. (2021). Begonia limprichtii Irmsch. (Begoniaceae) – a new record for India. Biodiversity: Research and Conservation, 61, 29–33. https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2021-0002
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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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