Begonia sikkimensis var. kamengensis

Begonia sikkimensis var. kamengensis Rekha Morris, P.D.McMillan & Golding ex Golding The Begonian 76: 33 (Golding 2009). – Type: India, Arunachal-Pradesh, West Kamang District, Sessa, 24 Dec. 2005, Morris RM-AR 57 (holo-: CLEMS; iso-: US n.v.). Other material examined INDIA: Arunachal-Pradesh: West Kamang District, Sessa, 24 Dec. 2005, R. Morris RM-AR 53 (CLEMS). Nagaland: Naga Hills, Kohima, 12 Sep. 1950, Koelz 26170 (MICH); Naga Hills, Takubama, 27 Aug. 1950, Chand 3467 (MICH). Description Plant up to 200 cm. Stem: dark pink to red. Male flower: outer tepals deep pink to crimson, inner tepals pale pink. Female flower: tepals deep pink to pink. Remarks The collections by both Koelz and Chand are new records for this variety in Nagaland.Published as part of Camfield, Rebecca & Hughes, Mark, 2018, A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India, pp. 1-116 in European Journal of Taxonomy 396 on pages 90-91, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.396, http://zenodo.org/record/378704