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Issue: Vol. 453 No. 3: 23 July 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.6
Page range: 244–254
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 2

Begonia cabanillasii (section Baryandra, Begoniaceae), a new species from El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines

Philippine Taxonomic Initiative, Inc, Botanica Building, El Nido, Palawan, 5313 Philippines
Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan Philippine National Herbarium, Botany and National Herbarium Division, National Museum of Natural History, T.M. Kalaw St., Manila
Philippine Taxonomic Initiative, Inc, Botanica Building, El Nido, Palawan, 5313 Philippines
Philippine Taxonomic Initiative, Inc, Botanica Building, El Nido, Palawan, 5313 Philippines
Eudicots Begonia suborbiculata Begonia quinquealata eudicots Malesia plant taxonomy

Abstract

While assisting El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area in their biodiversity monitoring of El Nido, Palawan, the authors came across a very distinctive and small population of Begonia. Based on careful investigation, the unknown species is confirmed as new to science, and is the latest addition to the species rich section Baryandra. A new species, Begonia cabanillasii is hereby described and illustrated. It is compared with phenetically similar species B. suborbiculata. Based on guidelines by IUCN, the new species is proposed to be Critically Endangered (CR) C2a.

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