Biology:Begonia aequilateralis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Begonia aequilateralis
File:Begonia aequilateralis 01.jpg
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 is a species of begonia known only from the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

"...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

The species was first described by Edgar Irmscher in 1929.[1]

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