TY -JOUR
AU -Dipankar Borah
AU -Madhusudhan Khanal
AU -Momang Taram
AU -Neelam Gap
TI -<i>Begonia neelamorum</i> (Begoniaceae sect. <i>Monophyllon</i>), a remarkable new species from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India
PY -2026
DA -2026-08-05
JO -Taiwania
VL -71
IS -4
SP -617
EP -620
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2210
AB -<i>Begonia neelamorum</i> D.Borah & M.Khanal, sect. <i>Monophyllon</i>, is described as a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India. It closely resembles <i>B. prolifera</i> A.DC. in having a globose tuber, a single, sessile, basifixed leaf with a uniformly light-green lamina, an inflorescence which arises from the base of the sessile leaf blade, and white staminate and pistillate flowers, but differs in its glandular-hispid indumentum, terete stem, ovate lamina with double-serrate margins, a dichasial cyme and shorter styles. The species description is accompanied by illustrations and photographs, and information is provided on its distribution, phenology, ecology, preliminary conservation assessment and similarity to other species.
DO -10.6165/tai.2026.71.617