A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA SECT. RUIZOPAVONIA FROM COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR

Authors

  • P.W. Moonlight Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-2089
  • Á.J. Pérez Herbario QCA, Department of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Apartado Postal 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-9111

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.401

Keywords:

Andean Slopes, Begonia, Ecuador, Colombia, New Species, Montane Forest, Taxonomy, Chocó biogeographic region

Abstract

A new species of Begonia sect. Ruizopavonia A.DC., B. pseudodendron Moonlight & Á.J.Pérez, is described from the western slopes of the Andes in the Colombian Department of Nariño and the Ecuadorian Province of Carchi. The new species is diagnosed against Begonia cymbalifera L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. and compared with other similar species. We also provide photographs, a distribution map, and an IUCN conservation assessment for the new species, which is classified as Endangered (EN) due to habitat destruction.

A photograph of Begonia pseudodendron

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Published

2022-08-18

Issue

Vol. 79 (2022): Begonia Special Issue

Section

Original Research Articles

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