ReinwardtiaVol 23, No 1 (2024): Volume 23, No 1 (2024): Reinwardtia
BEGONIA TANGGAMUSENSIS, A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA SECT. PLATYCENTRUM FROM GUNUNG TANGGAMUS, SUMATRA AND NOTES ON ALLIED SPECIES BEGONIA SCOTTII AND BEGONIA PSEUDOSCOTTII
MARK HUGHES(Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, United Kingdom) DEDEN GIRMANSYAH(Herbarium Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN))
Article Info
Publish Date 28 Jun 2024
Abstract
A new species, Begonia tanggamusensis Girm. & M.Hughes (§ Platycentrum), is described from Gunung Tanggamus in southern Sumatra, where it is endemic. It grows on moss covered rocks and at the base of large trees in montane forests at an elevation of 1,700–2,000 m. A provisional conservation assessment places the species in the Near Threatened category.
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