Biology:Begonia aequilateralis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant from Selangor, Malaysia

Begonia aequilateralis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Species:
B. aequilateralis
Binomial name
Begonia aequilateralis
Irmsch.

Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch., 1929 is a species of begonia known only from the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.

"...probably the most endangered begonia in the Peninsula, being known from a single small population in a forest area currently being cleared." - Kiew, p. 261

References

  • Edgar Irmscher, Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 8:134. 1929
  • Ruth Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :261-264, 2005
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Wikidata ☰ Q4880529 entry