Six new species of Begonia from Guangxi, China

Botanical Studies

Table 1 Comparison of Begonia larvata with B. locii and B. pengii

	Begonia larvata	B. locii (Peng et al. 2015)	B. pengii (Ku et al. 2008)
Leaf
Attachment	Basifixed	Basifixed	Peltate
Stipule	Triangular-ovate, glabrous, margin entire or sparsely ciliate-dentate	Triangular-ovate, abaxially sparsely velutinous along midrib, margin entire or sparsely ciliate-dentate	Narrowly triangular-ovate, glabrous, margin eciliate
Bracts
Margin	Entire and glandular	Denticulate and glandular	Denticulate and ciliate
Inflorescence
Peduncle	Glabrous	Tomentose to glabrous	Pilose or hispid-villous
Tepals color	Yellowish green with red veins	White to pinkish	Pinkish or white
♂ Flower
Androecium	Actinomorphic	Zygomorphic	Zygomorphic
Stamen numbers	65–80	35–60	30–75
♀ Flower
Ovary	Glabrous	Hirsute	Pilose or villous-pilose
Capsule
Body size (mm)	8–13 × 4–5	10–15 × 4–5	18–25 × 6–13
Width of lateral wings (mm)	ca. 4	4–6	2–3
Width of abaxial wing (mm)	ca. 5	6–7	7–11
Tepals	Persistent	Caducous	Caducous