- Begonia eiromischa
Taxobox
name = "Begonia eiromischa"
status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1
extinct =
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Cucurbitales
familia =Begoniaceae
genus = "Begonia "
species = B. eiromischa
binomial = Begonia eiromischa
binomial_authority = Ridl."Begonia eiromischa", commonly known as Woolly-stalked Begonia, is a presumed extinct plant from
Malaysia .It occurred at granite rocks in an altitude of 170 m in the proximity of
dipterocarp forests. "Begonia eiromischa" is only known from two collections made in 1886 and 1898 atPulau Betong ,Penang Island inMalaysia . Its habitat is completely destroyed due to agricultural alteration. Despite of extensive surveys it could not be rediscovered and so it was officially declared extinct by theIUCN in2007 .References
*Kiew, R. 1989. Lost and found: Begonia eiromischa and B. rajah. Nature Malaysiana 14: 64-67 and front cover.
*Kiew, R. 2005. Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo). pp. 22, 35.External links
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/63545/all Begonia eiromischa] in the
IUCN Redlist 2007
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