Woolly-stalked Begonia
Extinct circa 2007 CE • Malaysia
"This species is known only from collections made in 1886 and 1898 in one locality: Pulau Betong, Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Its habitat has been found to have been cleared for farmsteads in the 1980s. Extensive searches of nearby forests have failed to reveal any specimens in the last 100 years."
T.W Lim, Begonia eiromischa, In: IUCN, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2007, Version 2010.4.
Image: Georgetown in Polu Penang or Prince of Wales's Island Media, Digital image, Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, 1814, Web.
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