Begonia sect. Rossmannia (Klotzsch) A.DC.

Moonlight, Peter. W., Jara-Muñoz, Orlando A., Purvis, David A., Delves, Jay, Allen, Josh P. & Reynel, Carlos, 2023, The genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Peru, European Journal of Taxonomy 881, pp. 1-334 : 258

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.881.2175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10559168

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Begonia sect. Rossmannia (Klotzsch) A.DC.
status

 

Begonia sect. Rossmannia (Klotzsch) A.DC.

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(1):333( de Candolle1864).– Rossmannia Klotzsch, Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 125 ( Klotzsch 1854).

– Type: holotype: Rossmannia repens Klotzsch Begonia rossmanniae A.DC.

Notes

Begonia rossmanniae A.DC. is the only member of this section and is found in the Amazonian forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It is most closely related to B. sect. Pilderia ( Moonlight & Jara-Muñoz 2017) , sharing with this section a terminal, thyrsoid inflorescence. Unlike members of B. sect. Pilderia , B. rossmanniae is completely glabrous and has conspicuously 3-veined leaves.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

SubClass

Magnoliidae

SuperOrder

Rosanae

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Begoniaceae

Loc

Begonia sect. Rossmannia (Klotzsch) A.DC.

Moonlight, Peter. W., Jara-Muñoz, Orlando A., Purvis, David A., Delves, Jay, Allen, Josh P. & Reynel, Carlos 2023
2023
Loc

Rossmannia Klotzsch, Bericht

Rossmannia Klotzsch 1854: 125
1854
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