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AN UPDATED CHECKLIST AND A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA (B. RHEOPHYTICA) FROM MYANMAR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

M. Hughes ,
M. M. Aung  and
K. Armstrong
M. Hughes*
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK E-mail: m.hughes@rbge.org.uk
M. M. Aung
Affiliation:
Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Forest Research Institute, Yezin, Myanmar
K. Armstrong
Affiliation:
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
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Abstract

A new species, Begonia rheophytica (§ Platycentrum), is described from northern Myanmar; it was initially confused with B. rhoephila, which is confined to Peninsular Malaysia. Comparison with other species with a rheophytic leaf shape is made. This new addition brings the number of currently recognised Begonia species in Myanmar to 73. An updated checklist of Myanmar Begonia species is also included.

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BiodiversityHkakaborazi National ParkKachin StateMyanmartaxonomy
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , July 2019 , pp. 285 - 295
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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2019) 

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