Begonia veitchii Hook.f.

Moonlight, Peter. W., Jara-Muñoz, Orlando A., Purvis, David A., Delves, Jay, Allen, Josh P. & Reynel, Carlos, 2023, The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru, European Journal of Taxonomy 881, pp. 1-334 : 44

5. Begonia veitchii Hook.f.

The Gardners’ Chronical and Agricultural Gazette I: 734 ( Hooker 1867a).

– Type: PERU • On hills from Cuzco to Ayacucho from Habaspamba ; 3350–3660 m a.s.l.; Jan. 1867; R. Pearce s.n.; lectotype: K [ K000252032 ], designated by Tebbitt et al. (2020: 130).

Key to the varieties of Begonia veitchii

1a Tepals spreading, white, pink, or red; tepals on the pistillate flower narrowly ovate to ovate.............................................................................................. Begonia veitchii var. veitchii 5. 1

1b Tepals projecting, red; tepals on the pistillate flower elliptic, broadly ovate, orbicular, or broadly obovate........................................................... Begonia veitchii var. machupicchuensis Tebbitt 5. 2