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Begonia trichocarpa Dalzell (1851:230)

Hairy-fruit begonia

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1851 (Nayar & Sastry, 1990:83)

Rediscovered in 1978 (Nayar & Sastry, 1990:83) or later

 

Kumar et al. (2005:136) rejected the identification of the 1978 rediscovery specimens, so its rediscovery may have occurred later, but undoubtedly is known to exist today.

 

Distribution

India

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Kumar, E. S. Santhosh, Gopal, Seema G. and Nair, G. M. (2005). The reappearance of Rheede's Tsjeria-narinampuli - it's identity after the discovery and a note on the allied species. The Begonian 72: 135-140.

Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (eds.). (1990, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 3. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 271 pp., 8 pls. [p. 83]

Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India: Compiled from the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]

 

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