Kien Giang: Officially announced new plant species discovered

Mr. Truong Quang Tam, Institute of Tropical Biology in Ho Chi Minh City, said: Begonia bataiensis Kiew , first discovered at Ba Tai mountain (Kien Luong district, Kien Giang), has just officially been declared a true species. New objects, added to the plant list for world science.

Mr. Truong Quang Tam, Institute of Tropical Biology in Ho Chi Minh City, said: Begonia bataiensis Kiew, first discovered at Ba Tai mountain (Kien Luong district, Kien Giang), has just officially been declared a true species. New objects, added to the plant list for world science. The name of this plant is associated with the site of its discovery - Ba Tai, often grows in rock crevices in limestone mountains, moist with shady, 10-50m high in the sea . Soon after, Begonia bataiensis Kiew was also discovered in many limestone mountains in Kien Giang such as Mo So, Khoe La and Hon Lo Coc .

Kien Giang limestone mountain is being concerned by Vietnamese and international scientists because of the highest and most ranked biodiversity in the world. Here, scientists have discovered a number of plants and animals suspected of being new species of science and are being sampled for testing before being published.

Begonia bataiensis Kiew was first discovered
at Ba Tai mountain (Kien Luong, Kien Giang) - (Photo: HTV)