Untitled R E IN W A R D TI A 13 (5) ISSN 0034 – 365 X A JOURNAL ON TAXONOMIC BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY REINWARDTIA A JOURNAL ON TAXONOMIC BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY Vol. 13(5): 391–455, December 20, 2013 Chief Editor Kartini Kramadibrata (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Editors Dedy Darnaedi (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Tukirin Partomihardjo (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Joeni Setijo Rahajoe (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Marlina Ardiyani (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Topik Hidayat (Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia) Eizi Suzuki (Kagoshima University, Japan) Jun Wen (Smithsonian Natural History Museum, USA) Managing Editor Himmah Rustiami (Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia) Secretary Endang Tri Utami Layout Editor Deden Sumirat Hidayat Illustrators Subari Wahyudi Santoso Anne Kusumawaty Reviewers David Middleton (Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, UK), Eko Baroto Walujo (LIPI, Indonesia), Ferry Slik (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China), Henk Beentje (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK), Hidetoshi Nagamasu (Kyoto Universi- ty, Japan), Kuswata Kartawinata (LIPI, Indonesia), Mark Hughes (Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, UK), Martin Callmander (Missouri Botanic Gardens, USA), Michele Rodda (Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore), Mien A Rifai (AIPI, Indonesia), Rugayah (LIPI, Indonesia), Ruth Kiew (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia). Correspondence on editorial matters and subscriptions for Reinwardtia should be addressed to: HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE, BOTANY DIVISION, RESEARCH CENTER FOR BIOLOGY– LIPI, CIBINONG 16911, INDONESIA E-mail: reinwardtia@mail.lipi.go.id Cover images: Begonia hooveriana Wiriad. spec. nov. REINWARDTIA Vol 13, No 5, pp: 445− 448 445 March 1998, WS Hoover 885 (Holotype: BO!). Stem cane like, stout, young stem green, old stem brownish green, glossy, glabrous, nodes thickened, internodes 3–4.5 cm long, 7 mm thick, once branched, up to 100 cm long; without a tuber. Stip- ules pale green, erect, leathery, glabrous, oblong- triangular, base truncate, apex acute, tip ending in a needle, 2.5–3 cm long, ca. 1.6 cm wide, margin entire. Leaves distant, erect then held almost hori- zontally; petiole pale green, 10–24 cm long, round in cross-section, 5–7 mm in diameter; blade asym- metric, flat, shining dark green above and dull plain mid-green below, leathery in life, papery when dried, 12–14 cm long, 11–15 cm wide, broad side 7.5–9 cm wide, base cordate, basal lobes overlap- ping, 5–6.5 cm long, margin broadly dentate- sinuate, tip acuminate; venation palmate-pinnate with ca. 6–7 main veins, branching close towards the margin, veins shallowly impressed above, be- neath prominent, the same colour as the blade. In- florescences subterminal, protogynous. Female in- florescences with 2 flowers, erect, open for 4 days, peduncle 4.5 cm long, 3 mm in diameter, green with upper part compressed; pedicels 2 cm long, 1 mm diameter; ovary whitish green, shape triangular, locule ca. 1.8 cm long, 0.3 cm thick excluding the wings, wings 3 (rarely 4), equal, green; locules 3, INTRODUCTION The island of Sulawesi Island has a high diversity of Begonia species, many with ornamental potential although as yet none have been developed economi- cally. Smith et al. (1986) recorded 20 species of Begonia from Sulawesi. In the last decade, intensive study of Sulawesi Begonia has revealed many new species, with the total of native species increasing to 42 (Hughes, 2006; Thomas, et al., 2009a, b; Gir- mansyah, et al., 2009). In 1998, during a trip to Tanah Toraja, South Su- lawesi the author found several identifiable species, including Begonia aptera, B. hirtella, B. longifolia and B. siccacaudata. Among the collections from Rantepao is a new species which we named Begon- ia hooveriana Wiriad. in honor of Mr Walter Scott Hoover from New England Tropical Conservatory, USA who sponsored the expedition to look for new species of Begonia in Indonesia. Begonia hooveriana Wiriad. spec. nov. Fig. 1–7. Begonia petermannia erecta glabra, petiola longa, folia nitida, inflorescentia femina biflora axilaria, tepalae 5 lobae alba, fructus 3 alae, infloresentis mascularis ter- minalis umbellatis, flos 5-8, tepalis masculis 2 lobes, glabris, albus. — Type: South Sulawesi, Central Park Makele, Tanah Toraja, South Celebes, alt. 900 m, fl, fr, 9 A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM SOUTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA Received September 21, 2012; accepted October 12, 2013 HARRY WIRIADINATA Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong Science Center, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong 16911, Bogor, Indonesia. E-mail: harry_wiria@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. WIRIADINATA, H. 2013. A new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13 (5): 445–448. — A new species, Begonia hooveriana Wiriad., is described from Tanah Toraja in South Sulawesi. It belongs to Begonia section Petermannia and brings the total number of Begonia species native to Sulawesi to 43 spe- cies. Key words: Begonia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi. ABSTRAK. WIRIADINATA, H. 2013. Satu jenis baru Begonia (Begoniaceae) dari Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13 (5): 445–448. — Satu jenis baru, Begonia hooveriana Wiriad. tergolong seksi Petermannia dari Tanah Toraja Sulawesi Selatan dipertelakan dan dilengkapi dengan foto ilustrasi sehingga menambah jumlah Begonia asli Sulawesi menjadi 43 jenis. Kata kunci: Begonia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan. REINWARDTIA 446 [VOL.13 Fig. 1. Begonia hooveriana Wiriad. A. Living collection showing flat shining leaf; B. Male and female inflorescences; C. Female and male inflorescence. Scale bar A & B = 2 cm, C = 5 mm. (Photo: Harry Wiriadinata). A B C placentas 2 per locule; tepals 5, pure white, gla- brous, outer 2 tepals broadly ovate, margin entire, tip rounded, ca. 2.2 cm long, 2 cm wide; inner 3 unequal in size, ovate to ovate-oblong, the smallest tepal 1.8 cm long, 0.9 cm wide; styles 3, styles and stigmas yellow, 7 mm in diameter, stigmas spiral, densely woolly. Male inflorescences composed of 1 –2 pseudo-umbels, basal bracts ovate, concave, thin, base flat or truncate, apex acute, glabrous, ca. 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, caducous; each pseudo-umbel compose of 6–8 flowers, peduncle 2–3 cm long, bracts in pairs, whitish green becoming green, ovate triangular, 6–12 long, 2–4 mm wide, glabrous, mar- gin entire, tip narrowing and ending in a hair; pedi- cels up to 4 cm long; tepals 2, reniform, ca. 1.5 × 2.5 cm, margin entire, tip rounded, pure white, gla- brous; stamens many, androecium sub-globose, 7 × 3 mm, on a 1 mm column; anthers pale yellow, nar- rowly oblong-obovate, ca. 1.2 mm long, tip notched, opening by slits. Fruits erect with stiff, terete stalks of 1.5 cm long; capsule 18–28 mm long, 3–5 mm wide excluding the wings, glabrous, 3 lobed, each lobe with a thin wing; wings 3 (rarely 4), equal, ca. 5 mm wide, stigma persisting, stalk 2 mm long, splitting between the locules and wings. Seeds barrel-shaped, ca. 0.3 mm long, collar cells ca. 2/3 of the seed length. 2013] 447 WIRIADINATA : A new species of Begonia from South Sulawesi, Indonesia Fig. 2. Begonia hooveriana Wiriad. A. Female inflorescences; B. Female flowers; C. Male inflorescences; D. Male flowers, Scale bar A, C, & D = 5 mm, scale bar B = 1 cm. (Photo: Harry Wiriadinata). A B C D has 5 white incurved tepals which do not fully open when pop out, male flowers borned in separate branches, compose in pseudo-umbel inflorescences; each male flower has 2 white tepals. Fruit a capsule, it has 3 wings. It belongs to section Petermannia. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am very grateful to Hunter’s foundation and to the New England Tropical Conservatory Bennington VT- USA for financial support to IBETP (Indonesian Biodi- versity Education and Training Project) through Herbari- um Bogoriense. I would also like to give my thank Dr. Ruth Kiew, Dr. Mark Hughes, Daniel Markus for their valuable comments, suggestions, support and read and editing this manuscript. Distribution. South Sulawesi, endemic. Habitat. This species can be found from lowland to hilly areas up to altitudes of about 900 m asl, waste places and open area. Notes. The new species is characterized by its flat shining dark green leaves that make this species is an attractive plant. Unlike any other Begonia in Su- lawesi, the Begonia hooveriana is very distinct. The stem erect then arching down. Stipules in pairs, oblong with needle tip, thick, glossy green. Leaf has very long stalk, leaf blade glossy or shining at the upper surface. Flowers protandrous; female flowers grow in pairs on an erect peduncle and each flower REINWARDTIA 448 [VOL.13 REFERENCES GIRMANSYAH, D., WIRIADINATA, H., THOMAS, D. C., & HOOVER, W. S. 2009. 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Floristic study of West Sumbawa, Indonesia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 391 NURHAIDAH IRIANI SINAGA, ARY PRIHARDHYANTO KEIM & PRATITA PURADYATMIKA. The unique characters and habitat of Freycinetia (Pandanaceae) with seven new species in Timika, West Papua, Indonesia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………405 ABDULROKHMAN KARTONEGORO. A revision of Rhynchoglossum (Gesneriaceae) in Malesia …...421 SITI SUSIARTI, TUTIE DJARWANINGSIH & ARY PRIHARDHYANTO KEIM. Pandan (Pandanaceae) in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: an economic-botanical study ….………………………..431 ARY PRIHARDHYANTO KEIM. A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. (Pandanaceae; Freycinetoideae) from Tidore Island, Moluccas, Indonesia ………………………………………………………………… 441 HARRY WIRIADINATA. A new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from South Sulawesi, Indonesia …445 VERA B. L. SIHOTANG. The dynamics of Pandanus illustrations from a historical perspective ………..449 LINA S. JUSWARA. 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