Begonia apiensis Kiew & S.Julia
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.381.1.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13727030 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CBE12E-707F-7935-95B5-A002C965E000 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Begonia apiensis Kiew & S.Julia |
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1. Begonia apiensis Kiew & S.Julia View in CoL
Phytotaxa 99(1) (2013) 5; Kiew et al., Guide to Begonias of Borneo (2015) 36. Type : — MALAYSIA. Borneo , Sarawak, Marudi District : Gunung Mulu NP, Gunung Api , 17 April 2012, Sirukit & Mohd. Azam SFC 3006 View Materials (holotype SAR!) .
Distribution: — MALAYSIA. Borneo. Endemic in Sarawak. Known only from the type locality.
Habitat: —Restricted to lower montane limestone forest at 800–1200 m elevation on mossy cliff faces or on boulders with a thin layer of peat soil.
Additional specimens examined: — MALAYSIA. Borneo. Sarawak. Marudi District: Gunung Mulu NP – Gunung Api, Burtt B8246 (SAR), Julaihi S 86812 (SAR), Yii & Talib S 58880 (SAR).
Notes: —It is a decorative species often with a creeping habit and rooting at the nodes. Its leaves are tiny, 2.2–3.5 × 2.2–4 cm, rather stiff, dark green, glabrous, rounded or ovate, more or less equal-sided, scarcely oblique with large ovate stipules to 3.5 cm × 2.5 cm. Its fruit pedicel is pendent and 15–25 mm long.
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Department of Forestry |
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