syn_novataxa: [Botany • 2019] Begonia maguniana (Begoniaceae, sect. Oligandrae) • A New Species from New Guinea

[Botany • 2019] Begonia maguniana (Begoniaceae, sect. Oligandrae) • A New Species from New Guinea

Begonia maguniana H.P.Wilson

in Wilson, Paul & Hughes, 2019.

DOI: 10.1017/S0960428619000283

Abstract

The new species Begonia maguniana H.P.Wilson from New Guinea is described. It is endemic to the Central Range of New Guinea at altitudes of c.1700–2300 m and belongs to the IUCN category Least Concern.

Keywords: Begonia, biodiversity, New Guinea, new species, taxonomy

Fig. 1. Begonia maguniana H.P.Wilson, sp. nov.
A, Habit; B, female flower; C, female flower and ovary; D, male flower; E, ripe fruit; F, leaf lamina (upper surface).

(Photographs: A, B and E, Mark Hughes; C, D and F, Hannah Wilson.)

DOI: 10.1017/S0960428619000283

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Begonia maguniana H.P.Wilson sp. nov.

Etymology. Begonia maguniana is named after Thomas Magun (LAE Herbarium, Papua New Guinea), who, with Axel Poulsen, collected this species in Telefomin in April 2017.

H. P. Wilson, O. Paul and M. Hughes. 2019. Begonia maguniana (Begoniaceae, Begonia sect. Oligandrae), A New Species from New Guinea. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428619000283

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