Begonia oyuniae (Begonia sect. Monophyllon, Begoniaceae), a remarkable new species from Northeast India

Begonia dicressine (Begoniaceae): a new record for India

“…Monophyllon A.DC. (Camfield & Hughes, 2018;Odyuo et al, 2018;Taram et al, 2020;Krishna et al, 2021). The species we here report as new for India belongs to the section Platycentrum, the most species-rich section in the region.…”

“…During expeditions conducted from 2017-2020 to the tropics of Arunachal Pradesh, several species of Begonia were recorded. Of them, B. oyuniae Taram & N.Krishna has been recently described (Taram et al, 2020), while others are in press.…”

“…Measurements and morphological character assessments of the specimen have been examined based on fresh material and dried specimens. The data have been compared with published descriptions of morphologically similar species (Clarke, 1879;Gu et al, 2007;Hughes et al, 2015;Camfield & Hughes, 2018;Wahlsteen, 2018Wahlsteen, , 2019Wahlsteen, , 2021Maw et al, 2020;Taram et al, 2020) and type specimens in herbaria (BM, E, K, NY and PE). Begonia dicressine was described in 2019 from Kachin state, Myanmar (Wahlsteen, 2019).…”

Begonia egamii (Begoniaceae), a remarkable new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India

“…Begonia L. currently has 2,117 species worldwide and the number is still growing each year due to new discoveries ( Moonlight et al, 2018; Hughes et al, 2023). In the state of Arunachal Pradesh 49 species of Begonia are known, eight of which were recently described and six species recorded in the region for the first time ( Taram et al, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Borah et al, 2021a, b, c, d; Krishna et al, 2021; Wahlsteen & Borah , 2022). These species fall under four different sections following the sectional treatment of Moonlight et al (2018).…”