Begonia

  • Filed As

    Begoniaceae
    Begonia

  • Collector(s)

    F. Kingdon-Ward 127, 17 Dec 1938

  • Location

    Myanmar. Pyepat Ridge.

  • Habitat

    Shady banks, where it forms colonies.

  • Description

    Flowers white tinged pink, just opening. Leaves with a velvet gloss.

  • Collection Notes

    Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02652760

    Occurrence ID: 8f260be9-f4bc-48a5-adca-d11fd6e70eb5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Cucurbitales

  • Family

    Begoniaceae

  • All Determinations

    Begonia

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Myanmar

  • Locality

    Pyepat Ridge.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1524 m. (5000 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    25.9507, 98.2319

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    4820

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Coordinates of elevation 1520m nearest to centre of Pyehpat were located (Schweinfurth, 1975). Linear extent was calculated as the halved distance between coordinates and centre of the nearest named place, Lauhkaung. Linear extent was used as the uncertainty radius.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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