Begonia eiromischa

Taxobox
name = "Begonia eiromischa"


status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1
extinct =
regnum = Plantae
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 at Pulau Betong, Penang Island in Malaysia. 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 the IUCN in 2007.

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