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NINE NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM SOUTH AND WEST SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2011

D. C. Thomas ,
W. H. Ardi  and
M. Hughes
D. C. Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Hong Kong, School of Biological Sciences, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: dthomas@hku.hk
W. H. Ardi
Affiliation:
Bogor Botanic Gardens, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13, Bogor 16003, Indonesia. E-mail: wisnu.handoyo.ardi@lipi.go.id
M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail: m.hughes@rbge.ac.uk
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Abstract

Nine new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae), Begonia comestibilis D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. insueta D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. lasioura D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. nobmanniae D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. prionota D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. rantemarioensis D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. sanguineopilosa D.C.Thomas & Ardi, B. torajana D.C.Thomas & Ardi and B. vermeulenii D.C.Thomas, are described from South and West Sulawesi, Indonesia. All belong to Begonia section Petermannia. Proposed conservation categories for these species are Vulnerable (VU) for Begonia comestibilis, B. nobmanniae, B. prionota, B. sanguineopilosa and B. vermeulenii; Least Concern (LC) for B. lasioura, B. rantemarioensis and B. torajana; and Data Deficient (DD) for B. insueta. An identification key to Begonia in South and West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan and Sulawesi Barat) is provided.

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , July 2011 , pp. 225 - 255
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2011

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