Begonia wattii C.B.Clarke (1889:26)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Erroneously listed as possibly extinct (Nayar & Sastry, 1990:84). Has been collected multiple times since type collection (Camfield & Hughes, 2018:97).
Distribution
India
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Clarke, Charles Baron. (1889). On the plants of Kohima and Muneypore. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 25: 1-107.
Other references:
Camfield, Rebecca and Hughes, Mark. (2018). A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India. European Journal of Taxonomy 396: 1-116. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.396
Chauhan, A. S. (2000). Begoniaceae, pp. 424-429. In: Singh N.P, Chauhan A.S. & Mondal M.S. (eds) Flora of Manipur. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Deb, D. B. (1961). Dicotyledonous plants of Manipur Territory. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 3(3): 253-350.
Fischer, C. E. C. (1938). The Flora of the Lushai Hills. Records of the Botanical Survey of India 12: 75-162.
Kumar, K. D. (2002). Begoniaceae. In: Singh N.P., Singh K.P. & Singh D.K. (eds) Flora of Mizoram 1: 641-655. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
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. 84]
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]
Uddin, A. (2007). Distribution and status of India Begonia species. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31(3): 591-597.