Begonia itingae E.L.Jacques

, Phytotaxa 381(1): 86 (2018).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77192646-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
381(1): 86
Date of Publication
7 Dec 2018
Family as entered in IPNI
Begoniaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
E.L.Jacques, G.Guimarães & M.A.S.Santos Jacques 2013
Locality
Rio Claro, Serra do Sinfrônio, Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe, Trilha para a Pedra Chata, 1200 m
Collection Date
11 Jun 2018
Type Herbaria
holotype RBR
isotype RB
Latitude
22° 53' 59" S
Longitude
44° 10' 29" W
Distribution Of Types
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil Southeast, Brazil, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.381.1.11 The specific epithet refers to the municipality of Rio Claro, in its translation from the old Amerindian Tupi language “Itinga” of the Tamoios tribe. They had a chief called Cunhambebe, whose name was given to the park where the holotype was encountered.