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Begonia oleosa (Begoniaceae), the first species with glandular hairs in the section Casparya

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A new species of Begonia section Casparya from Colombia and Venezuela is described and illustrated. Begonia oleosa is closely related to Begonia toledana var. erubescens but differs mainly by its glandular trichomes.

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Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Begonia, sección Casparya de Colombia y Venezuela. Begonia oleosa está cercanamente emparentada con Begonia toledana var. erubescens, pero difiere de esta principalmente por sus tricomas glandulares.

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Acknowledgments

I thank the curators of the herbaria ANDES, COL, JBB, US and FMB for allowing the study of their specimens, Omar Bernal for his illustration of the new species, two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the manuscript, and Dawson White (University of Illinois at Chicago) for English language editing. I also gratefully acknowledge financial support from COLCIENCIAS through the National Posdoctoral Fellowships, and from the Thomas van der Hammen scholarship of the Bogotá Botanical Garden.

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Jara-Muñoz, O.A. Begonia oleosa (Begoniaceae), the first species with glandular hairs in the section Casparya. Brittonia 72, 177–180 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-020-09605-0

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