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Open AccessSix new species of Begonia from Guangxi, China
With currently 1980 described species, the mega-diverse Begonia is now perhaps the 5th largest flowering plant genus, expanding rapidly from ca. 900 species in 1997 to its current size in merely two decades. In c...
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Open AccessThree new species of Begonia sect. Baryandra from Panay Island, Philippines
The flora of Panay Island is under-collected compared with the other islands of the Philippines. In a joint expedition to the island, botanists from Taiwan and the Philippines found three unknown Begonia species ...
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Open AccessBegonia myanmarica (Begoniaceae), a new species from Myanmar, and molecular phylogenetics of Begonia sect. Monopteron
A new species, Begonia myanmarica, was discovered from Myanmar and herein documented. Characterized by a single developed wing in the ovary/fruit, this species would be assigned to sect. Monopteron (sensu Doorenb...
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Open AccessThree new species of Begonia endemic to the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan
Begonia is a mega-diverse genus of flowering plants prone to generating micro-endemic species, especially on limestone habitats. During fieldwork in the Puerto Princesa Subterranean Ri...
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Open AccessSix new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from limestone areas in Northern Vietnam
Species of Begonia are richly represented in limestone karst areas across the Sino-Vietnamese border. More than one hundred species were known, many of which were documented recently.
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Open AccessTwo new species of Begonia, B. moneta and B. peridoticola (Begoniaceae) from Sabah, Malaysia
Mount Kinabalu, reknowned for its high biodiversity and endemism, is a National Park in the State of Sabah on the northern end of the island of Borneo. Every year many visit the higher part of the Kinabalu Nat...
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Open AccessBegonia **yunensis (Begoniaceae, section Platycentrum), a new palmately compound leaved species from Chongqing, China
Continental China is the center of Begonia species diversity in Asia and contains more than 60 species out of about 110 named species of section Platycentrum. Mt. **yun, located in Chongqing City at the upper re...
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Open AccessTwo new species of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum, B. guixiensis and B. longa, from Sino-Vietnamese limestone karsts
In our recent molecular phylogenetic study of Asian Begonia, two undescribed species, B. guixiensis sp. ined. (S. Guangxi, China) and B. longa sp. ined. (Vietnam), were sampled and placed within the strongly supp...
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Open AccessBegonia wuzhishanensis (sect. Diploclinium, Begoniaceae), a new species from Hainan Island, China
Hainan is the largest island of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and has the best preserved and most extensive tropical forests in China. A recent study on distribution of endangered species in China identi...
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Open AccessBegonia wui-senioris (sect. Platycentrum, Begoniaceae), a new species from Myanmar
The flora of Myanmar is under-collected compared with all other tropical Asian countries. An unknown Begonia was grown from seeds collected from a limestone hill in Central Myanmar, and compared with potentially ...
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Open AccessAspidistra crassifila (Asparagaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Aspidistra crassifila Yan Liu & C.-I Peng, a new species of the Asparagaceae from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, is described and illustrated.
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Open AccessNovelties in Begonia sect. Coelocentrum: B. longgangensis and B. ferox from limestone areas in Guangxi, China
The spectacular karst limestone landscape in Guangxi harbors high-level diversity and endemism of Begonia species, especially those of sect. Coelocentrum. In continuation of our studies in this area, we report th...
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Open AccessPrimulina cardaminifolia (Gesneriaceae), a rare new species from limestone areas in Guangxi, China
Primulina cardaminifolia Yan Liu & W.B. Xu (Gesneriaceae), a distinct new species with imparipinnate leaves, is described and illustrated from a limestone valley in Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China. To a...
