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Researcher discovers new plant species, Begonia tinuyopensis, in his hometown in Zamboanga
A researcher named Kean Roe F. Mazo from Zamboanga has discovered a new plant species. It has been described and named Begonia tinuyopensis after barangay Tinuyop in which it was found. The international scientific community has accepted it as a novel species of Begonia with its recent publication in the journal Phytotaxa.