Novelties in Begonia sect. Platycentrum for China: B. crocea, sp. nov. and B. xanthina Hook., a new distributional record

Botanical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-96

  Peng, Ching I ^a   Leong, Wai Chao ^a   Shui, Yu Min ^b  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Begonia; Begonia crocea; Begonia megalophyllaria; Begonia rex; Begonia xanthina; China; New distribution; New species; Plant taxonomy; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA; BEGONIA REX; BEGONIA XANTHINA; PLATYCENTRUM;

EID: 33744785376     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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