Begonia sidolensis Dayanti, Ramadanil & Ardi [§ 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 : 41

17. Begonia sidolensis Dayanti, Ramadanil & Ardi [§ Petermannia ], Phytotaxa 439(2): 137 (2020).

– Type: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Gunung Sidole , Aloo Village , 2 xii 2018, E.P. Dayanti ED12 (holotype BO, isotype CEB).

Distribution. Indonesia: endemic to Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi Province (western North biogeographical region), Mount Lolombulan (see Figure 2 ).

Habitat. Montane rain forests growing terrestrially on steep slopes in dense shade at 1700–1900 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).