Begonia species (Begoniaceae) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, including two new species and a new subspecies

LING CHEA YIING; JULIA SANG; RUTH KIEW

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.381.1.5

Issue: Vol. 381 No. 1: 7 December 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-12-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.381.1.5

Page range: 12–21

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Begonia species (Begoniaceae) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, including two new species and a new subspecies

LING CHEA YIING⁺⁻
JULIA SANG⁺⁻
RUTH KIEW⁺⁻

Botanical Research Centre, SARAWAK FORESTRY, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia

Begonia new taxa Sarawak Malaysia Borneo Eudicots

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Abstract

Six species of Begonia are recorded from Gunung Penrissen in Padawan District, Sarawak, Malaysia including two new species (Begonia minutitepala and Begonia dasycaulis in Sect. Petermannia) and one new subspecies (Begonia natunaensis subsp. sarawakensis in Sect. Jackia). Detailed illustrated descriptions of the new taxa are provided together with a key to identify the species.