Begonia herrerae L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.

Moonlight, Peter & Fuentes, Alfredo F., 2022, AN UPDATED CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE SPECIES OF BOLIVIAN BEGONIA, INCLUDING ONE NEW SPECIES, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 79 (407), pp. 1-66 : 11-12

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scientific name	Begonia herrerae L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub.
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1.5. Begonia herrerae L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. View in CoL , Revista Univ. (Cuzco) 33(87): 91, fig. 15 (1944).

– Type: Peru, Cuzco Region, Prov. Quispicanchis , San Pedro, Marcapata , [13°26′S, 70°54′W], 1200 m, 11 xii 1943, C. Vargas C. 3720 (lectotype GH [ GH00068237 ] designated here, CUZ; GoogleMaps isolectotypes LIL [ LIL000954 About LIL ], MO [MO-2217106]) GoogleMaps .

D.C. Wasshausen et al. in P.M. JØrgensen et al. (eds), Cat. Bolivia, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 129: 385 (2013); M.C. Tebbitt, Tuberous Begonias, a Monograph of Begonia sect. Australes 88 (2020).

Distribution. Bolivia and Peru.

Nomenclatural notes. The protologue of Begonia herrerae L.B.Sm. & B.G.Schub. cites duplicates of the type collection Vargas 3720 at CUZ and GH but does not specify either as the holotype ( Smith & Schubert, 1944b). It is therefore appropriate to choose a lectotype from these duplicates. The sheet in GH (GH00068237) is an excellent specimen, including fruits and staminate and pistillate flowers. We therefore designate this sheet as the lectotype of Begonia herrerae .

Identification notes. Begonia herrerae is the only tuberous species of Begonia from Bolivia with serrated margins to its tepals.