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BEGONIA MARIACHRISTINAE (BEGONIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM NORTHERN MYANMAR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2018

E. Wahlsteen*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Botanical Museum, Lund University, PO Box 117, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail: eric.wahlsteen@gmail.com
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Abstract

Begonia mariachristinae Wahlsteen, a new endemic species from Kachin, northern Myanmar, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterised by its combination of four perianth segments in the female flower, two ovary wings, two locules, two styles and a dioecious breeding system.

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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2018) 

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