Begonia medicinalis Ardi & D.C.Thomas

, Phytotaxa 423(1): 42 (2019).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77202977-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
423(1): 42
Date of Publication
31 Oct 2019
Family as entered in IPNI
Begoniaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Wisnu Handoyo Ardi WI 447
Locality
South Sulawesi, East Luwu Regency, Wasuponda, Matabuntu Waterfall
Type Herbaria
holotype BO
isotype CEB
isotype SING
Distribution Of Types
Sulawesi (Malesia, Asia-Tropical)
Type Remarks
Cultivated at Bogor Botanic Gardens, from material collected in the wild, 13 March 2019 (unclear whether this is date for field or type collection).

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.423.1.5 The specific epithet ‘medicinalis’ refers to the use of this species in traditional medicine in Central Sulawesi.