Begonia aequilateralis
| Begonia aequilateralis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. aequilateralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch. | |
Begonia aequilateralis is a species of begonia known only from the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
"...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
The species was first described by Edgar Irmscher in 1929.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 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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