Begonia sikkimensis

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 : 90

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.396

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3794271

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397A96F-2F34-FF8E-004F-FC4CE2CD284B

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Valdenar

scientific name

Begonia sikkimensis
status

 

Begonia sikkimensis View in CoL A.DC. var. sikkimensis

Other material examined

INDIA: Mizoram: Lushai Hills, Aijal, Sep. 1927, Parry 253 ( K). Nagaland: Naga Hills, 19 Oct. 1885, Clarke 40906 ( K); Naga Hills, Kohima, 8 Jul. 1950, Koelz 25465 ( MICH).

Description

Plant up to 100 cm. Stem: green. Male flower: outer tepals white to pale pink; inner tepals white to pale pink. Female flower: tepals white to pale pink.

Remarks

This species shares lacerated leaves with B. koelzii and B. shilendrae . Begonia sikkimensis tends to have smaller glabrous leaves with shallower lacerations; also the inflorescences arise from the leaf axils rather than from the rhizome as with B. shilendrae and B. koelzii . The leaves of specimens from the study area are somewhat coarser than those of the type.

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

MICH

University of Michigan

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