Begonia conniegeriae S.Julia & Kiew

Sang, Julia, Kiew, Ruth & Yiing, Ling Chea, 2018, The Begonia flora of Gunung Mulu and Gunung Buda National Parks, Sarawak, Borneo, including five new species, Phytotaxa 381 (1), pp. 58-79 : 65

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.381.1.9

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13727054

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Begonia conniegeriae S.Julia & Kiew
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6. Begonia conniegeriae S.Julia & Kiew View in CoL

Phytotaxa 99(1) (2013) 10; Kiew et al., Guide to Begonias of Borneo (2015) 86. Type: — MALAYSIA. Borneo. Sarawak. Marudi District : Gunung Mulu NP, Lobang Cina, 15 April 2012, Julia et al. SFC 2807 View Materials (holotype SAR!) .

Distribution: — MALAYSIA. Borneo. Sarawak. Endemic in Gunung Mulu NP.

Habitat: —In lowland limestone habitats at elevations below 200 m in lightly shaded areas or on limestone-derived soil.

Additional specimens examined: — MALAYSIA. Borneo. Sarawak. Marudi District: Gunung Mulu NP – Lobang Cina, Julia & Sirukit SFC 3013 (SAR).

Notes: —A shrubby species with thick stems 2–3 mm when dried, often with swollen nodes and glossy leaves (in life) held horizontally with a corrugated surface with bifurcating palmate veins arranged closely together. The lamina is as long as wide, oblique, asymmetric and glossy with broad side 7.5–12 cm. Its stipule has a distinct midrib, ca. 12 × 3 mm and is caducous. It has congested inflorescences shorter than the petioles with bracts to 14 × 7 mm.

SAR

Department of Forestry

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