Begonia raimondii Irmsch.

Begonia raimondii Irmsch. View in CoL syn. nov. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74(4): 629–630. 1949. TYPE: PERU. Rio Massamerich, 3100 m, 1904–1914, Weberbawer 6639. (holotype: US here designed).

Examination of the type specimens as well as specimens labeled under both names in the herbaria K, E, US, and MO do not show differences. There is continuous variation in density and type of pubescence, flower size, and leaf texture, all these characters that according to Irmscher (1949) allows to differentiate B. raimondii from B. hirta . Irmscher did not cite a holotype for B. raimondii , and the syntypes hosted at B were not found and were possibly destroyed. Raimondii 2982 was the first collected and first cited specimen in the protologue, however we do not have duplicates so we designated the other syntype cited in the protologue, Weberbawer 6639, which has a duplicate at US, as the lectotype.

List of Species Included in Casparya —Based on current knowledge, 41 species are included in Begonia section Casparya . Ongoing taxonomic work has revealed the presence of at least seven additional undescribed species, mostly from Colombia.

Begonia antioquensis (A. DC.) Warb. , Begonia brevipetala (A. DC.) Warb. , Begonia chlorolepis L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia colombiana L. B. Sm. & B.G. Schub. , Begonia cornuta L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia diffusa L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia diversistipulata Irmsch. , Begonia ferruginea L. f., Begonia formosissima Sandwith , Begonia fuchsiiflora (A. DC.) A.I. Baranov & F.A. Barkley , Begonia gamolepis L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia hexandra Irmsch. , Begonia holmnielseniana L. B. Sm. & Wassh. , Begonia irmscheri L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia kalbreyeri (Oliv.) L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia killipiana L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia lehmannii (Irmsch.) L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia libera (L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub.) L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia lipolepis L. B. Sm. , Begonia longirostris Benth. , Begonia mariae L. B. Sm. , Begonia luteyorum (L. B. Sm. & Wassh.) Jara , Begonia montana (A. DC.) Warb. , Begonia napoensis L. B. Sm. & Wassh. , Begonia nevadensis Dorr , Begonia oliveri L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia pectennervia L. B. Sm. & Wassh. , Begonia silverstonii Jara , Begonia solaniflora Jara , Begonia suaviola Jara , Begonia tetrandra Irmsch. , Begonia toledana L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia trapa L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia trianae (A. DC.) Warb. , Begonia trispathulata (A. DC.) Warb. , Begonia trujillensis L. B. Sm. , Begonia umbellata Kunth , Begonia ursina L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. Begonia urticae L.f., Begonia valvata L. B. Sm. & B. G. Schub. , Begonia vareschii Irmsch. , Begonia wilburii Burt-Utley & Utley.