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FOUR NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM THAILAND

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2017

T. Phutthai  and
M. Hughes
T. Phutthai
Affiliation:
Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. E-mail: thamarat.phu@mahidol.ac.th
M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK.
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Abstract

Four new species of Begonia are described from Northern, Peninsular and Southwestern Thailand. Three belong to Begonia sect. Diploclinium (B. exposita Phutthai & M.Hughes, B. pengchingii Phutthai & M.Hughes and B. pseudosubperfoliata Phutthai & M.Hughes), and one (B. phutthaii M.Hughes) to Begonia sect. Apterobegonia. All four species are karst limestone endemics. The provisional IUCN status of all the new species is ‘Vulnerable’.

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ApterobegoniaBegoniaDiplocliniumnew speciesThailand
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , July 2017 , pp. 149 - 161
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2017) 

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