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Published: 2022-06-14
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Two new diminutive species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the north coast of São Paulo State, Brazil

Centro Universitário Módulo, Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Rua Maria D’Assumpção Carvalho, 1000, CEP: 11662-047, Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465, km 7, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
Eudicots Atlantic rainforest conservation endemism taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil are described and illustrated. Begonia atlantica and Begonia umbrosa are found living in rocky outcrops present on the slopes of Serra do Mar State Park, taxonomic affinities and provisional conservation assessments are also provided.

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