SK715 14 AUG-2017:ID

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: Godawari, Nepal

Altitude: 5000 ft.

Date: 22 June 2017

Which Begonia ???

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Wild? 

[J.M. Garg]

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Mr.Garg,

I guess it is from wild but planted in the botanical garden like other specimens !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju 

[Saroj Kasaju]

Begonia megaptera A. DC.  ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, I also think it appear close to images at Begonia megaptera

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Dr. Mark has confirmed this entry as

Begonia hatacoa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Saroj ji.

[Saroj Kasaju]

I guess this is Begonia taligera S.Rajbh. !  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiR6530gO3xAhVqFLcAHcpDCYIQFjAMegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Ffigure%2FBegonia-taligera-S-Rajbhandary-A-habit-B-Male-flower-C-D-Androecium-E_fig3_273140034&usg=AOvVaw3v5uRc0LRsaUJrKM_64qBN

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

I guess this is same Dr. Mark !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Finally is it Begonia hatacoa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don or Begonia hatacoa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ?

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 at 23:02
Subject: SK715 14 AUG-2017:ID
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J.M.Garg

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Mark ji

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J. M. Garg

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From: Mark Hughes <>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul, 2021, 2:02 pm
Subject: RE: SK715 14 AUG-2017:ID
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

I think B. hatacoa

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Dr. Mark,

You have validated this sp. as Begonia taligera S.Rajbh. on 19 July 2021 ! 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Dr. Mark !

Saroj Kasaju

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 7:46 PM Mark Hughes <MHu...@rbge.org.uk> wrote:

Apologies. If this is the same accession as the herbarium specimens you sent (acc. No. 20181079), then it is B. taligera. It seems it may have juvenile and adult forms (many begonia sp do), and if grown out of its usual very wet habitat the leaf form will change also.

 

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Dear Dr. Mark,