Begonia aequilateralis
Appearance
Begonia aequilateralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Begoniaceae |
Genus: | Begonia |
Species: | B. aequilateralis
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Binomial name | |
Begonia aequilateralis |
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
[edit]- Edgar Irmscher, Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 8:134. 1929
- Ruth Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :261-264, 2005
- "Begonia aequilateralis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- tfbc.frim.gov: "Saving a highly endangered begonia" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
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