TY -JOUR
AU -Hou-Cheng Xi
AU -Fu-Yang Nong
AU -Jian-Yong Shen
AU -Xing-Da Ma
AU -Li-Ju Jiang
AU -Wen-Guang Wang
TI -Begonia pingxiangensis, a new species of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum (Begoniaceae) from Guangxi, China
PY -2025
DA -2025-01-01
JO -Taiwania
VL -70
IS -1
SP -1
EP -3
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2039
AB -Begonia pingxiangensis, a new species from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles B. daxinensis in the leaf blade and flower, but can be distinguished by its leaf blade shape (ovate to broadly ovate vs obliquely ovate to suborbicular), size (4–8 × 3–7 cm vs 10–24 × 10–17 cm), flower color (white vs white or pinkish), smaller staminate flowers (outer two 5–8 × 6–10 mm, inner two ca. 3–4 × 2 mm vs outer two 12–19 × 10–16 mm, inner two 12–14 × 4–5 mm) and pistillate flowers (outer two tepals 7–8 × 8–10 mm, inner one 3–4 × 2 mm vs outer two tepals 10–15 × 10–12 mm, inner one 5–7.5 × 2–5 mm) sizes. Detailed description is provided.
DO -10.6165/tai.2025.70.1