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THREE NEW SPECIES AND A NEW SUBSPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM ASIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2005

M. C. TEBBITT
M. C. TEBBITT
Affiliation:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA. E-mail: marktebbitt@bbg.org
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Abstract

Four new Asian taxa are described and illustrated as part of a forthcoming taxonomic revision of the cultivated species of Begonia (Begoniaceae). The new species B. argenteomarginata (sect. Symbegonia) is described from Papua New Guinea. Two new species from section Petermannia are described: B. polilloensis from the Philippines and B. rachmatii from Sulawesi, Indonesia, both of which are unusual in having palmately compound leaf blades. A key is provided for these and a previously described species, B. oligandra, also with palmately compound leaf blades and in section Petermannia. The new subspecies B. brevirimosa subsp. exotica (sect. Petermannia) is described from the Central Range of Papua New Guinea and a brief history of its cultivation is presented.

Keywords

Begonia sect. PetermanniaBegonia sect. SymbegoniaIndonesiaIrian Jayanew speciesnew subspeciesPapua New GuineaPhilippinesSulawesi
Type
Research Article
Information
Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 61 , Issue 2-3 , November 2004 , pp. 97 - 107
Copyright
© 2005, Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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