Eleven new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the Crocker Range, Sabah, Malaysia

Rimi Repin; Julia Sang; Ruth Kiew; Handry Mujih

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.208.1.1

Issue: Vol. 208 No. 1: 14 May 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-05-14

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.208.1.1

Page range: 1–20

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**Eleven new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the Crocker Range, Sabah, Malaysia**

Rimi Repin⁺⁻
Julia Sang⁺⁻
Ruth Kiew⁺⁻
Handry Mujih⁺⁻

Sabah Parks, 88806 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Botanical Research Centre, SARAWAK FORESTRY, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong

Sabah Parks, 88806 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Begonia Sabah Malaysia Eudicots

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Abstract

Eleven new species of Begonia (Begonia alabensis, B. bintang, B. bosuangiana, B. crockerensis B. doloisii, B. flammea, B. inobongensis, B. kinahimiae, B. kipandiensis, B. rambutan and B. tomaniensis) are described from the Crocker Range, Sabah. Nine species belong to sect. Petermannia and one, B. doloisii, belongs to sect. Baryandra while the section for B. tomaniensis is uncertain. All the species grow within the Crocker Range areas either within or outside the park boundary.