Begonia pitopangii D.C.Thomas & Ardi in Edinburgh J. Bot. 79(Begonia special issue, article 405): 32. 2022

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Type: "Most similar to Begonia strachwitzii Warb. ex Irmsch. in its growth habit (erect, up to 35 cm tall), densely hirsute stem, leaf morphology (an ovate to elliptic leaf lamina with palmate-pinnate venation) and female flowers with five tepals, but it differs in having male flowers in a thyrse composed of up to 4 partial inflorescences (monochasia) (vs composed of up to 6 partial inflorescences, which branch dichasially at the base), and a female inflorescence or infructescence with a shorter peduncle (1–2 mm long vs 5–10 mm long)."