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Issue: Vol. 201 No. 3: 3 March 2015
Type: Erratum
Published: 2015-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.201.3.9
Page range: 239–239
Abstract views: 123
PDF downloaded: 135

A new section (Begonia sect. Oligandrae sect. nov.) and a new species (Begonia pentandra sp. nov.) in Begoniaceae from New Guinea

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK
Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Diploclinium limestone environments Southern Escarpment Strickland basin

Abstract

Begonia pentandra is described from previously unknown environments on the Juha limestone of Papua New Guinea’s Southern Escarpment. It is placed in the newly described Begonia sect. Oligandrae, along with B. brassii, B. chambersiae, B. oligandra and B. sandsiana. The section is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands and is characterised by male flowers with 4–8 stamens and fruits with three, fleshy, horn-like wings.

How to Cite

Hughes, M. & Takeuchi, W. (2015) A new section (Begonia sect. Oligandrae sect. nov.) and a new species (Begonia pentandra sp. nov.) in Begoniaceae from New Guinea. Phytotaxa 201 (3): 239–239. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.201.3.9