TY -JOUR
AU -Mya Bhone Maw
AU -Hong-Bo Ding
AU -Bin Yang
AU -Pyae Pyae Win
AU -Yun-Hong Tan
TI -Taxonomic studies on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Myanmar II: seven new species from Myanmar
PY -2021
DA -2021-05-10
JO -Taiwania
VL -66
IS -2
SP -214
EP -231
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1753
AB -This paper presents the result of consecutive floristic survey in Myanmar. Seven new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae), B. casseabri Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding, B. persistens Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding, B. latibracteata Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding from Putao District, Kachin State, B. natmataungensis Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding from Natma Taung National Park, Chin State, B. amnicola Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding, B. sagaingensis Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding and B. chindwinensis Y.H.Tan, M.B.Maw & H.B.Ding from Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagaing Region, are described and illustrated. All of the new species belongs to Begonia section Platycentrum (Klotzsch) A.DC. Detailed descriptions, colored photographs, habitat and distribution data for the seven new species are provided. A diagnostic key to species of Begonia sect. Platycentrum in Myanmar is presented.
DO -10.6165/tai.2021.66.214