Further discoveries in the ever-expanding genus Begonia (Begoniaceae): fifteen new species from Sumatra

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 21 Dec 2015 Germany Publisher:Museum National D'Histoire NaturelleJournal:European Journal of Taxonomy, volume 0 (eissn: 2118-9773,

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Authors: Hughes, Mark; Girmansyah, Deden; Ardi, Wisnu Handoyo;

doi: 10.5852/ejt.2015.167

Further discoveries in the ever-expanding genus Begonia (Begoniaceae): fifteen new species from Sumatra

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Fifteen new species of Begonia L. from Sumatra are described and illustrated, in Begonia sect. Bracteibegonia (B. beludruvenea M.Hughes sp. nov. and B. jackiana M.Hughes sp. nov.), B. sect. Petermannia (B. harauensis Girm. sp. nov.), B. sect. Platycentrum (B. leuserensis M.Hughes sp. nov.), B. sect. Reichenheimia (B. fluvialis M.Hughes sp. nov., B. halabanensis M.Hughes sp. nov., B. karangputihensis Girm. sp. nov., B. kemumuensis M.Hughes sp. nov., B. korthalsiana Miq. ex M.Hughes sp. nov., B. kudoensis Girm. sp. nov., B. lilliputana M.Hughes sp. nov., B. olivacea Ardi sp. nov., B. raoensis M.Hughes sp. nov., B. simolapensis Ardi sp. nov.) and B. sect. Sphenanthera (B. pseudoscottii Girm. sp. nov.). Using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature criteria, 6 are considered to be Least Concern, 5 Vulnerable and 4 Data Deficient. A key to 58 of the 63 currently accepted Begonia species in Sumatra is provided.

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Germany

Related Organizations

Goethe University Frankfurt
Germany
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Center for Plant Conservation
United States
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet
Germany
Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional
Indonesia

Keywords

580, new species, Botany, Cucurbitales, Begoniaceae, Sumatra, Biodiversity, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, taxonomy, QL1-991, Begonia, QK1-989, ddc:580, Plantae, Zoology, limestone, Taxonomy

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