Three new Begonia plant species from Brazil

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 12:20 in Biology & Nature

Scientists discover and describe three new species of the plant genus Begonia, which holds many of the world-favourite decoratives. The news species come from Brazil, where they are found dwelling on small, confined territories which makes them rare and hard to discover. The study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.

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