Descripción
A Guide to Begonias of Borneo es una guía especializada en las begonias endémicas de Borneo y escrita, entre otros autores, por una de las investigadoras que más se ha involucrado en el conocimiento de las begonias como es Ruth Kiew.
Begonia is familiar as a garden plant grown for its beautiful foliage. Indeed there are few other genera that can challenge Begonia in variety of leaf shapes, colour and patterns. It often comes as a surprise to learn that the forests of Borneo are a hot spot for begonias with almost 200 named species. They grow in the deeply shaded forest understorey from the lowlands to mountain tops and on all rock types including granite, limestone, sandstone and ultramafic rocks.
Readily recognised as a begonia by the very unequal sided leaf, until now it has been difficult if not impossible for naturalists to identify Bornean species. The Guide aims to overcome this and to spur interest in this fascinating genus by providing profuse illustrations, a brief description and information on distribution, habitat and uses, if any. For those who wish to delve deeper, a list of all known Bornean begonias is provided together with a complete compendium of literature pertaining to Bornean begonias.
Of the 194 begonias known from Borneo, 134 are illustrated here, the great majority for the first time. All Borneo’s begonias are endemic, i.e. are found nowhere else in the world, and rather few are widespread with only a handful crossing political boundaries between Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak.
As you will see from the begonias illustrated in the Guide, several can challenge cultivated ornamental begonias for their stunningly beautiful or striking foliage.
- Tipo: Tapa blanda, 293 páginas
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autores: Ruth Kiew, Julia Sang, Rimi Repin and Joffre Ali Ahmad
- Editorial: Natural History Publications (Borneo) (1 Enero 2015)
- Peso: 0.6 kg
- ISBN: 978-9838121606
Contenidos:
Foreword ix
Introduction
The Genus Begonia in Borneo 1
Borneo 2
History 5
Begonia Diversity 11
How to Recognise a Begonia? 12
Pollination and Dispersal 14
Grouping Begonias 16
Where to Find Begonias? 18
Conservation 23
What Next? 24
A Selection of Species
Begonia adliniana 28
Begonia alabensis 30
Begonia amphioxus 32
Begonia andersonii 34
Begonia apiensis 36
Begonia awongii 38
Begonia bakunensis 40
Begonia baramensis 42
Begonia basintaliana 44
Begonia belagaensis 46
Begonia benaratensis 48
Begonia bengohensis 50
Begonia bernadusii 52
Begonia beryllae 54
Begonia bintang 56
Begonia bosuangiana 58
Begonia bruneiana 60
Begonia burbidgei 62
Begonia burttii 66
Begonia calcarea 68
Begonia chaiana 70
Begonia chakensis 72
Begonia chlorocarpa 74
Begonia chlorosticta 76
Begonia chongii 80
Begonia congesta 82
Begonia conipila 84
Begonia conniegeriae 86
Begonia corrugata 88
Begonia crockerensis 90
Begonia cyanescens 92
Begonia danumensis 94
Begonia dimorpha 96
Begonia divergens 98
Begonia doloisii 100
Begonia erythrogyna 102
Begonia eutricha 104
Begonia flammea 106
Begonia flavovirens 108
Begonia fuscisetosa 110
Begonia gibbsiae 112
Begonia gomantongensis 114
Begonia gueritziana 116
Begonia gusilii 118
Begonia hexaptera 120
Begonia hullettii 122
Begonia incompta 124
Begonia inobongensis 126
Begonia inostegia 128
Begonia inostegioides 129
Begonia jamiliana 130
Begonia joffrei 132
Begonia johariana 134
Begonia jugamensis 136
Begonia julaihiana 138
Begonia juliasangii 140
Begonia kachak 142
Begonia kasutensis 144
Begonia keithii 146
Begonia kiamfeei 148
Begonia kibambangensis 150
Begonia kinabaluensis 152
Begonia kipandiensis 154
Begonia labiensis 156
Begonia lailana 158
Begonia lambii 162
Begonia lambirensis 164
Begonia lamriana 166
Begonia lazat 168
Begonia linauensis 170
Begonia lucychongiana 172
Begonia madaiensis 174
Begonia magentifolia 176
Begonia malachosticta 178
Begonia mariaensis 180
Begonia matangensis 182
Begonia melanosticta 184
Begonia melinauensis 186
Begonia murumensis 188
Begonia nagaensis 190
Begonia niahensis 192
Begonia nothobaramensis 194
Begonia oblongifolia 196
Begonia paoana 198
Begonia papyraptera 200
Begonia payung 202
Begonia pendula 204
Begonia penrissenensis 206
Begonia peridoticola 208
Begonia piring 210
Begonia plieranensis 212
Begonia postarii 214
Begonia prasinimarginata 216
Begonia propinqua 218
Begonia punchak 220
Begonia rambutan 222
Begonia ramlanii 224
Begonia rhodochaeta 226
Begonia rhodoneura 228
Begonia rhodotricha 230
Begonia rhombipetala 232
Begonia roseopunctata 234
Begonia rotundibracteata 238
Begonia rubida 240
Begonia ruthiae 242
Begonia sabahensis 244
Begonia sarangica 246
Begonia serapatensis 248
Begonia setiamensis 250
Begonia sibutensis 252
Begonia simunii 254
Begonia sirukitii 256
Begonia speluncae 258
Begonia stenogyna 260
Begonia subisensis 262
Begonia taniana 264
Begonia tenuissima 266
Begonia tomaniensis 268
Begonia umbratica 270
Begonia vaccinioides 272
Begonia vanderentii 274
Begonia vespipropinqua 276
Begonia vulgare 278
Begonia xiphophylla 280
A Checklist of Begonias in Borneo 282
Further Reading 285
Acknowledgements 289
Photo Credits 290
Index 291
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