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

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. fl uvialis 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.

Metadaten
Author:	Mark Hughes, Deden Girmansyah, Wisnu Handoyo Ardi
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-459868
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.167
ISSN:	2118-9773
Parent Title (English):	European journal of taxonomy : 167
Series (Serial Number):	European journal of taxonomy : EJT (167)
Publisher:	Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:	Paris
Document Type:	Part of Periodical
Language:	English
Year of Completion:	2015
Year of first Publication:	2015
Publishing Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:	2018/03/29
Tag:	Begonia; Sumatra; limestone; new species; taxonomy
Page Number:	40
Dewey Decimal Classification:	5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik)
Sammlungen:	Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0

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