REINWARDTIA A JOURNAL ON TAXONOMIC BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY Vol. 14(1): 1 - 2 4 8 , December 23, 2014 Chief Editor Kartini Kramadibrata (Mycologist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Editors Dedy Darnaedi (Taxonomist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Tukirin Partomihardjo (Ecologist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Joeni Setijo Rahajoe (Ecologist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Marlina Ardiyani (Taxonomist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Topik Hidayat (Taxonomist, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia) Eizi Suzuki (Ecologist, Kagoshima University, Japan) Jun Wen (Taxonomist, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, USA) Managing Editor Himmah Rustiami (Taxonomist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Lulut Dwi Sulistyaningsih (Taxonomist, Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Secretary Endang Tri Utami Layout Editor Deden Sumirat Hidayat Medi Sutiyatno Illustrators Subari Wahyudi Santoso Anne Kusumawaty Correspondence on editorial matters and subscriptions for Reinwardtia should be addressed to: HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE, BOTANY DIVISION, RESEARCH CENTER FOR BIOLOGY- INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES CIBINONG SCIENCE CENTER, JLN. 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Keim - Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Barry Conn - Royal Botanic Gardens National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Dato' Abdul Latiff Mohamad - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Daniel Potter - Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA Deby Arifiani - Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Ferry J. W. Slik - University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Henti H. Rachmat - Conservation and Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, Bogor, Indonesia Ian M. Turner - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Iskandar Z. Siregar - Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia Jay H. Bernstein - Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, USA Jens G. Rohwer - University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Joan Pereira - SAN Herbarium, Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia Kuswata Kartawinata - Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Lars H. Schmidt - University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Mark Hughes - Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK Masahiro Kato - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Nuril Hidayati - Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Ong Poh Teck - Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia Peter C. van Welzen - National Herbarium Netherlands, Leiden University Branch, Leiden, Netherlands Reuben Nilus - Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia Rugayah - Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Ruth Kiew - Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia Uwe Braun - Institut fur Biologie Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Halle (Saale), Germany Yasuaki Sato - Osaka-Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan REINWARDTIA Vol 14, No 1, pp: 233 − 236 233 DIVERSITY OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) IN BORNEO – HOW MANY SPECIES ARE THERE? Received January 13, 2013; accepted October 21, 2014 JULIA SANG Botanical Research Centre, Sarawak Forestry, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. E-mail: juliasang@sarawakforestry.com. RUTH KIEW Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia. E-mail: ruth@frim.gov.my ABSTRACT JULIA, S. & KIEW, R. 2014. Diversity of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Borneo – how many species are there?. Reinwardtia 14(1): 233 – 236. — A total of 126 species are currently named and described from Borneo (Brunei - 16 species, Kalimantan – 5 species, Sabah – 41 species and Sarawak – 72 species). However, based on our survey of the Begonia collection in the Sarawak Herbarium, the un-named taxa (about 110 species) significantly outnumber the 72- named species. The situation is probably the same for Sabah, so with many more new species than the 41 named ones at a conservative estimate the Sabah Begonia flora can be expected to exceed 100 species. For Kalimantan (5 named species), the total number of un-named species is likely to be even higher considering that Kalimantan occupies a larger land area, its begonia-rich mountains and limestone areas are hardly collected, and the Begonia flora has hardly been studied at all. We can therefore expect the Begonia flora of Borneo to exceed 600 species. In view of the high level of narrow endemism (80% of species are known from a single locality), expeditions to unexplored areas are necessary to document, in particular, areas that are experiencing irreversible land-use change. Alpha-taxonomy on a large scale is needed to tackle the backlog of literally hundreds of new undescribed species. Keywords: Begonia, Borneo, diversity, endemism ABSTRAK JULIA, S. & KIEW, R. 2014. Keanekaragaman Begonia (Begoniaceae) di Borneo – Berapa jenis yang ada disana?. Reinwardtia 14(1): 233 – 236. — Sebanyak 126 jenis telah diberi nama dan dipertelakan dari Borneo (Brunei - 16 jenis, Kalimantan – 5 jenis, Sabah – 41 jenis dan Sarawak – 72 jenis). Akan tetapi, berdasarkan hasil survei koleksi Begonia di Herbarium Sarawak, taksa yang belum diberi nama (sekitar 110 jenis) ternyata jumlahnya melebihi dari 72 jenis yang telah diberi nama. Kondisi ini diperkirakan sama dengan Sabah, dengan lebih banyak jenis baru melebihi 41 jenis yang telah diberi nama, diperkirakan jumlah Begonia di Sabah lebih dari 100 jenis. Untuk Kalimantan (5 jenis yang telah diberi nama), jumlah jenis yang belum dipertelakan kemungkinan lebih besar karena Kalimantan mencakup area yang luas, pegunungan yang banyak Begonia dan daerah batu kapur sangat sulit dikoleksi, sehingga jenis Begonia hampir tidak dipelajari sama sekali. Diperkirakan jumlah jenis Begonia di Borneo melebihi 600 jenis. Mengingat tingginya tingkat endemisitas (80% jenis diketahui berasal dari lokasi tunggal), ekspedisi di daerah yang belum dijamah perlu dilakukan, khususnya pada daerah yang telah mengalami alih fungsi lahan. Alfa-taksonomi pada lingkup yang luas diperlukan untuk mengatasi ratusan jenis yang belum dipertelakan. Kata kunci: Begonia, Borneo, endemisitas, keanekaragaman INTRODUCTION The first Begonia species described from Borneo was Begonia microptera by Hooker (1857) based on a specimen reportedly from Borneo, but without specific locality (Hughes, 2008). The SE Asian Begonia database (http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/ begonia) listed a total of 95 named species for Borneo, which comprises Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak (Hughes & Pullan, 2007). Since then, another 31 species have been described, mainly from limestone areas in Sarawak (Kiew & Julia, 2007; Kiew & Julia, 2009; Julia et al., 2013). In Brunei, the only well-studied region in Borneo, a total of 16 species were recognised (Sands, 1997). In contrast, only five species are recorded from Kalimantan and the Tambelan Islands. For Sabah, a total of 41 species have been described to date. Of these, 19 species were described from Mount Kinabalu (Beaman et al., 2001) and 18 species from limestone hills (Kiew, 2003). Of the 72 species from Sarawak, 13 species were described by Ridley (1906) mostly from the Kuching District in the first and only account of begonias in Borneo. Irmscher (1953) described a further 10 species based on Beccari’s collections collected from north and central parts of Sarawak. http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/begonia http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/begonia REINWARDTIA 234 [VOL.14 Since then exploration of limestone hills has yielded a further 35 species (Pearce, 2003; Kiew & Geri, 2003; Kiew & Julia, 2007; Kiew & Julia, 2009; Julia et al., 2013) and two from other areas (Tawan et al., 2009). To date, a total of 126 species are described from Borneo, almost half described in the 21 st century. However, the rate of describing new species is rather slow (0.6 species per year between 1857 and 1900, and 4 species per year in the 21 st century) and there are many more species collected that have yet to be described. For exam- ple, in Sarawak Herbarium, (SAR), more than half the taxa cannot be matched to a known species. While the type images, which are essential in facilitating revisionary work, are available online in the SE Asian begonia database, there is still the problem that the early types are poor quality speci- mens. Initiatives to re-collect specimens from the type localities of these specimens are needed, but in some cases this is quite impossible or very difficult because the locality data are either absent or very general and is without details of habitat. One exception is for Ridley’s specimens from limestone in the Kuching District where specimens have been recollected from type sites (Kiew & Geri, 2003). Endemism All begonias species known in Borneo are endemic to the island. The level of local endemism is also particularly high with more than 90% of the total species endemic to either Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah or Sarawak. Only six species in Borneo are known to cross these political bounda- ries (Table 1). Of these, only two species (B. bara- mensis and B. fuscisetosa) can be found in all four regions. Most species are also narrowly endemic. For example, 80% of species are known only from a single collection or only from the type specimen, while others have only been collected from a single locality (Table 2). However, this likely reflects the lack of collecting as the Begonia flora of Borneo is still very poorly known. Diversity of Bornean Begonias Begonias in Borneo belong to five sections but pre-dominantly to the sect. Petermannia (Table 3). Ridley (1906) wrote “Borneo, at least Sarawak, appears to be tolerably rich in Begonias…. The most abundant are the tall woodland species of the Petermannia section with very insignificant flowers”. This statement remains true today. Of the named and un-named Sarawak Petermannia species at least 88 species are cane-like begonias compared with 24 species that are creeping and small-leaved begonias and 20 species that have short stems, non-oblique leaves and short petioles. Species belonging to sect. Diploclinium and Rei- chenheimia are some of the most attractive begonias, some with a neat rosette habit and peltate leaves (sect. Reichenheimia) or with yellow or peach-coloured flowers (some sect. Diploclin- ium). (Begonia adenostegia is probably wrongly assigned to sect. Platycentrum which is not thought to occur in Borneo). Begonias in sect. Sphenanthera are unusual for the genus in having fleshy berries without wings compared with the usual dry winged capsule. How Many Begonia Species Are There in Bor- neo? From Brunei with a land area of 5.765 km 2 , a total of 16 species are known (Sands, 1997), giving an estimate of 1 species per 360 km 2 . If this figure is extrapolated to estimate the number of begonias in Borneo as a whole (with a total land area of approximately 740.000 km 2 ), it translates into more than 2000 species! But is Brunei typical as a whole for Borneo? One factor that suggests that the total number will be lower than 2000 species is habitat. Begonias are not evenly distributed as Beccari (1904) observed “I was sur- prised, also, to find in quite limited area no less than five distinct forms of begonia, a genus which Species Distribution B. baramensis Merr. Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak B. borneensis A.DC. Sabah, Sarawak B. chlorocarpa Irmsch. Sabah, Sarawak B. cyanescens Sands Kalimantan, Sarawak B. fuscisetosa Sands Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak B. stenogyna Sands Brunei, Sarawak Table 1. Distribution of widespread Bornean species 2014] 235 JULIA & KIEW: Diversity of Begonia in Borneo Species known from a single collection B. hidiri Tawan, Ipor & Meekiong B. keithii Kiew B. kiamfeei Kiew & S. Julia B. kurakura Tawan, Ipor & Meekiong B. layang-layang Kiew B. murudensis Merr. B. nagaensis Kiew & S. Julia B. promethea Ridl. B. punchak Kiew & S. Julia B. serapatensis Kiew & S. Julia B. sibutensis Sands B. tambelanensis (Irmsch.) Kiew B. urunensis Kiew B. vaccinioides Sands Species known from a single locality B. apiensis Kiew & S. Julia B. benaratensis S. Julia B. chlorosticta Sands B. eutricha Sands B. hullettii Ridl. B. juliasangii Kiew B. longiseta Irmsch. B. niahensis K. G. Pearce B. papyraptera Ridl. B. payung S. Julia & Kiew B. propinqua Ridl. B. sarangica Kiew & S. Julia is by no means rich in species in Borneo”. Habitats that occupy a large proportion of land area in Borneo, such as peat swamp, heath forest and low- land forest, are relatively poor in begonia species. On the other hand, habitats such as limestone, mountains and rocky streams, are particularly rich in begonias. For example, at least 20 species are known from Gunung Kinabalu. In theory, too, as more areas are explored we should expect to find that species are more wide- spread (Table 1) so that the number of new begonias would not continue to increase. In fact, experience shows that this is not the case. It is not unusual, based on our experience, for a 10-day expedition to a previously unbotanised area to yield ten Begonia species of which only one or two are named species. For example, from the begonias collected from the Bakun area, Sarawak, before the area was flooded for a hydroelectric dam, of the 15 species only one, B. pyrrha Ridl. can be named, the remaining 14 are new and awaiting description. In addition, there is already a large number of Begonia specimens in local herbaria that are un-named and represent new species. For Sarawak, based on our survey of the Begonia collection in SAR, the un-named taxa represent about 110 species compared with only 72 named species. The situation is probably the same for Sabah where there are many more new species in the SAN herbarium than the 41 named ones so that the Sabah begonia flora can be expected to exceed 100 species. For Kalimantan, where only five species are currently named, the total number of un-named species is likely to be higher than that of either Sabah or Sarawak considering that Kalimantan occupies a larger land area, its moun- tains and limestone areas are hardly collected and the Begonia flora has hardly been studied at all. We can therefore expect the begonia flora of Borneo to exceed 600 species. This overwhelming number shows that Begonia is one of the largest genera of plants in Borneo and the fact that there are more un-named taxa than named ones also shows that more work needs to be done. What Next? To continue to improve our knowledge of the Bornean begonias, the following next steps are suggested: i. To encourage more alpha-taxonomy to get names on species, particularly in view of the fact that there are already more new species without names in local herbaria than those with names; ii. To keep the SE Asian begonia database up-to- Table 2. Examples of narrowly endemic species in Borneo REINWARDTIA 236 [VOL.14 Section No. of species Examples Diploclinium 9 B. calcarea, B. elatostemma, B. gueritziana, B. havilandii, B. sabahensis, B. diwolii, B. subnummularifolia, B. kurakura, B. piring Petermannia 102 B. baramensis, B. congesta, B. conipila etc. Platycentrum 1 B. adenostegia Reichenheimia 7 B. andersonii, B. burttii, B. juliasangii, B. payung, B. speluncae, B. rhodo- chaeta, B. tambelanensis Sphenanthera 1 B. chlorocarpa date to facilitate taxonomic work; iii. To keep active an informal network among taxonomists who work on begonias in SE Asia or elsewhere. Because taxonomic institutions in Malaysia are unlikely to develop molecular facilities to study a non-commercial group such as begonia, a symbiotic relation with institu- tions outside Malaysia or Borneo is desirable; iv. 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