Begonia rubella Buch.

Camfield, Rebecca & Hughes, Mark, 2018, A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India, European Journal of Taxonomy 396, pp. 1-116 : 105-106

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.396
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3794231
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397A96F-2F05-FFBE-03E8-F971E2072FC7
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Begonia rubella Buch.
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Begonia rubella Buch. View in CoL -Ham. ex D.Don [sect. Diploclinium ]

Prodromus Florae Nepalensis : 223 ( Don 1825). – Type: Nepal, 10 Sep. 1802, Buchanan-Hamilton s.n. (holo-: BM000521517).

Description

This species is similar to B. dioica , and both species can be found in the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Myanmar. They are similar vegetatively but B. rubella has much smaller flowers that are similar in size to those of B. ovatifolia .