Begonia medicinalis (Begoniaceae), a new species from Sulawesi, Indonesia

WISNU H. ARDI; MUHAMMAD S. ZUBAIR; RAMADANIL -; DANIEL C. THOMAS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.423.1.5

Issue: Vol. 423 No. 1: 31 October 2019

Type: Article

Published: 2019-10-31

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.423.1.5

Page range: 41–45

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Begonia medicinalis (Begoniaceae), a new species from Sulawesi, Indonesia

WISNU H. ARDI⁺⁻
MUHAMMAD S. ZUBAIR⁺⁻
RAMADANIL -⁺⁻
DANIEL C. THOMAS⁺⁻

Research Center for Plant Conservation-Bogor Botanic Gardens, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13, Bogor, Indonesia

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, University of Tadulako, Jl. Soekarno Hatta Km.9, Palu, Indonesia

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tadulako, Jl. Soekarno Hatta Km.9, Palu, Indonesia

Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board,1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569

Petermannia Sulawesi Selatan Sulawesi Tengah taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

A new species of Begonia, Begonia medicinalis Ardi & D.C.Thomas, is described from Sulawesi, Indonesia. A photo plate and distribution map are provided. The new species is endemic to Sulawesi and belongs to Begonia section Petermannia.