Begonia obdeltata (Begoniaceae), a new species from northeast Brazil Author Gregório, Bernarda De Souza Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina, s / n, Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. E-mail: bernardasogreg @ hotmail. com; rapinibot @ yahoo. com. br bernardasogreg@hotmail.com Author Jacques, Eliane De Lima Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, BR- 465, Km 7, 23890 - 000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E-mail: ejacques @ ufrrj. br Author Costa, Jorge Antonio Silva Author Rapini, Alessandro Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina, s / n, Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. E-mail: bernardasogreg @ hotmail. com; rapinibot @ yahoo. com. br bernardasogreg@hotmail.com text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-05-09 167 2 189 194 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.167.2.5 journal article 309076 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.2.5 5e807156-4b8e-4f87-be7f-6b8572e02f04 1179-3163 5138705
TABLE 1. Comparison of diagnostic morphological characters among Begonia grisea, B. obdeltata, and B. petasitifolia.
CharactersB. griseaB. obdeltataB. petasitifolia
HabitErectErectProstrate or decumbent
StemNot rhizomatousNot rhizomatousRhizomatous
StipuleTriangular and deciduousLanceolate and deciduousTriangular and persistent
Number of tepals in staminate flower224
Style length2–6 mm0,5–1,2 mm1,7–6 mm
FruitGlobular, with one wing larger than the othersObdeltoid, with equal wingsGlobular, with one wing larger than the others