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  1. Family: Begoniaceae C.Agardh
    1. Genus: Begonia L.

      1. Begonia dioica Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Himalaya to NW. Myanmar.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Begonia dioica Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 13, 2009 Wallich, N. [3682], Nepal K000761417 holotype
    Jan 13, 2009 Wallich, N. [3682], India K000761419 holotype
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3681], Nepal Begonia tenella K001110782
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3681], Nepal Begonia tenella K001110783
    Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3681], India Begonia tenella K001110784

    Bibliography

    First published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 223 (1825)

    Accepted by

    • Kang, D.H. & al. (2017). New records of flowering plants of the flora of Myanmar collected from Natma Taung National Park (Chin State) Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 47: 199-206.
    • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
    • Uddin, A. (2007). Distribution and status of Indian Begonia L. species Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 591-597.
    • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Kang, D.H. & al. (2017). New records of flowering plants of the flora of Myanmar collected from Natma Taung National Park (Chin State) Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 47: 199-206.
    • Uddin, A. (2007). Distribution and status of Indian Begonia L. species Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 591-597.

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0