Begonia (sect. Doratometra) A. DC

Authors :: Moonlight, Peter. W.
Jara-Muñoz, Orlando A.
Purvis, David A.
Delves, Jay
Allen, Josh P.
Reynel, Carlos
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2023.
Abstract: Begonia sect. Doratometra (Klotzsch) A.DC. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (1): 383 (de Candolle 1864). – Doratometra Klotzsch, Gattungen und Arten 1854: 127 (Klotzsch 1855). – Type: holotype: Doratometra wallichiana Klotzsch = Begonia wallichiana Lehm. Synonymy notes For a full list of sectional synonyms, see Moonlight et al. (2018). Notes A small section of diminutive, annual, or short-lived species of Begonia. Within Peru, the section is represented by two species which are distinguished from B. sect. Ephemera by their palmate-pinnate rather than palmate venation.