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Issue: Vol. 494 No. 1: 31 March 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.12
Page range: 151–164
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Begonia ×dinglensis, a natural hybrid of Philippine Begonia section Baryandra, as evidenced by morphological, phylogenetic and cytological data

1Botanic Garden, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0003, Japan
Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Padre Faura, Manila 1000 Philippines
3Community Center for the Advancement of Education and Research, University of Kochi, Kochi 780-8515, Japan
Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Padre Faura, Manila 1000 Philippines
Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Padre Faura, Manila 1000 Philippines
College of Science and Research Centre for the Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila 1015 Philippines
Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
biodiversity ITS phylogeny limestone section Baryandra Eudicots

Abstract

Here we describe a natural hybrid of Philippine Begonia from Bulabog Puti-an National Park in Dingle, Iloilo, Panay Island. The hybrid, named Begonia ×dinglensis after its place of origin, grows on moist, coralline-rock slopes at 200 m elevation. Morphological, molecular, and cytological evidence support its origin from natural hybridization between Philippine endemics B. camiguinensis and B. nigritarum.