Begonia eiromischa Ridl. (1917:36)
Woolly-stalked begonia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Kiew, 1990; Lim, 2007; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2023)
Last record: November 1898
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Penang Island, Malaysia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Kiew, R. (1989). Lost and found: Begonia eiromischa and B. rajah. Nature Malaysiana 14: 64-67 and front cover.
Kiew, R. (1990). Conservation of plants in Malaysia, pp. 313-322. In: Plant Diversity of Malesia. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Kiew, R. (2005). Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo). pp. 22, 35.
Lim, T. W. (2007). Begonia eiromischa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63545A12690047. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63545A12690047.en. Downloaded on 16 November 2016.
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