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Excerpt from Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany, Vol. 25
Begonia sect. Gireoudia is the largest of 14 Begonia sections occurring in Central America. It is a phenetically related group of species that can be differentiated from other sections by plant habit coupled with floral morphology. Of the 26 species herein recognized from Central America, 16 are endemic to the region, largely to Costa Rica and Panama where they range from sea level to over 2000 m elevation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
