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BEGONIA VARIPELTATA (BEGONIACEAE): A NEW PELTATE SPECIES FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

D. C. Thomas  and
M. Hughes
D. C. Thomas
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail: d.thomas@rbge.ac.uk
M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569. E-mail: mark_hughes@nparks.gov.sg
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Abstract

A new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae), B. varipeltata D.C.Thomas, is described from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It exhibits peltate leaves, which are rare in Begonia section Petermannia, to which it belongs.

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Begonianew speciespeltateSulawesi
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 369 - 374
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008

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