Begonia aequilateralis

Begonia aequilateralis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. aequilateralis
Binomial name
Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch.

Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch., 1929 is a species of begonia known only from the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.

"...probably the most endangered begonia in the Peninsula, being known from a single small population in a forest area currently being cleared." - Kiew, p. 261

References

1. Quintana, C. & Pitman, N. (2003-04-30). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Begonia aequatorialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30.

• Edgar Irmscher, Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg8:134. 1929
• Ruth Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :261-264, 2005
• "Begonia aequilateralis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• tfbc.frim.gov: "Saving a highly endangered begonia" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine