Begonia promethea Ridl. (1906:259)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Begonia beccarii Warb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 329 (1922)
Conservation Status
Last record: September 1903 (Kiew et al., 2018:156)
Rediscovered on 10 April 2017 (Kiew et al., 2018:160)
Distribution
Borneo, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ridley, H. N. (1906). Begonias of Borneo. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 46: 247-261.
Other references:
Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Hughes, M. (2008). An annotated checklist of Southeast Asian Begonia: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Kiew, R., Julia, S., Ling, C. Y., Randi, A., Girmansyah, D. and Hughes, M. (2018). Taxonomic status of Begonia promethea (sect. Petermannia, Begoniaceae) in Borneo. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 70(1): 155-161.