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A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India

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Camfield, Rebecca, Hughes, Mark (2018): A revision and one new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae, Cucurbitales) in Northeast India. European Journal of Taxonomy 396: 1-116, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.396

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