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An updated checklist of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Laos, with two new species and five new records.

ABSTRACT: Two new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae), B. laotica (sect. Parvibegonia) and B. hypoleuca (sect. Reichenheimia), from north Laos are described and illustrated. Begonia augustinei, B. dryadis, B. lancangensis, B. sizemoreae and B. sillentensis subsp. mengyangensis were newly recorded taxa in Laos. Furthermore, an updated checklist of Begonia of Laos is also compiled.

SUBMITTER: Ding HB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6968974 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An updated checklist of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Laos, with two new species and five new records.

Ding Hong-Bo HB Maw Mya Bhone MB Yang Bin B Bouamanivong Somsanith S Tan Yun-Hong YH

PhytoKeys 20200110

Two new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae), B. laotica (sect. Parvibegonia) and B. hypoleuca (sect. Reichenheimia), from north Laos are described and illustrated. Begonia augustinei, B. dryadis, B. lancangensis, B. sizemoreae and B. sillentensis subsp. mengyangensis were newly recorded taxa in Laos. Furthermore, an updated checklist of Begonia of Laos is also compiled. ...[more]

PMID: 31988613

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