Four new species of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum (Begoniaceae) from limestone areas in Guangxi, China

Botanical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-222

  Ku, Shin Ming ^a,b   Liu, Yan ^c   Peng, Ching I ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GUANGXI INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Begonia debaoensis; Begonia pseudodaxinensis; Begonia pseudoleprosa; Begonia sect. Coelocentrum; Begonia semiparietalis; Begoniaceae; China; Chromosome number; Guangxi; Limestone flora; New species

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA; BEGONIA DAXINENSIS; BEGONIA LEPROSA; BEGONIACEAE;

EID: 33744815339     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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