Begonia rolandfadlii Dayanti, Ramadanil & D.C.Thomas [§ Petermannia

Ardi, W. H. & Thomas, D. C., 2022, SYNOPSIS OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM THE NORTHERN ARM OF SULAWESI AND SANGIHE ISLAND, INDONESIA, INCLUDING THREE NEW SPECIES, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 79 (405), pp. 1-50 : 40-41

16. Begonia rolandfadlii Dayanti, Ramadanil & D.C.Thomas [§ Petermannia ], Phytotaxa 439(2): 140 (2020).

– Type: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Gunung Sidole , Aloo Village , 26 xii 2018, E.P. Dayanti ED9 (holotype BO, isotype CEB).

Distribution. Indonesia: endemic to Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi Province (western North biogeographical region). Known from only Gunung Sidole (see Figure 2 ).

Habitat. Primary upland forest, terrestrially on steep slopes with thick leaf litter layer, in dense shade, at c. 930 m elevation.

Proposed IUCN conservation category. Vulnerable (VU D2) ( Dayanti et al., 2020).

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Figure 2. Distribution maps of Begonia species occurring on the northern arm of Sulawesi. Distribution points are from georeferenced collections from major herbarium collections (B, BO, E, K, KRB, L, SING), the Begonia Resource Centre (Hughes et al., 2015–) and the Sulawesi Begonia Data Portal (Thomas et al., 2013, continuously updated).