PhytoKeys (Jan 2020)

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

  • Hong-Bo Ding,
  • Mya Bhone Maw,
  • Bin Yang,
  • Somsanith Bouamanivong,
  • Yun-Hong Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.46718
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 138
pp. 187 – 201

Abstract

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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.