TY -JOUR
AU -Che-Wei Lin
AU -Ching-I Peng
TI -Five new species of Begonia (sect. Petermannia, Begoniaceae) from western Sarawak, Borneo
PY -2019
DA -2019-04-17
JO -Taiwania
VL -64
IS -2
SP -124
EP -138
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1605
AB -In this paper, five new species of Begonia from western Sarawak are described and illustrated: B. cruentospirituna C.W. Lin, B. galaxia C.W. Lin, B. opaca C.W. Lin & C.-I Peng, B. suyenii C.W. Lin and B. zygia C.W. Lin & C.-I Peng. All species belong to section Petermannia. The materials studied were mainly from plants cultivated in nurseries and measurements made in the description were mostly taken based on images of living plants in the field. In addition to the taxonomic accounts, color plates, line drawings, and comparisons with phenetically similar species are provided to aid in identification.
DO -10.6165/tai.2019.64.124