Bio 110 Integrated Principles of Biology
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Taxonomy of Philippine Begonia, Nationwide taxonomic revision of Begonia in the Philippines, with special focus on species that serve as environmental indicators, as in the remaining forest fragments of Cavite, in aid of enhancements in conservation management, Field inventory and assessment of flora and fauna of the mangrove forests in Del Carmen, Siargao Island.
Blasco FA, Rubite RR, Cortes JC, Alejandro GJ. Begonia lanuzaensis (sect. Petermannia, Begoniaceae) a new species from Surigao del Sur, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2021 Oct 22;523(3):203-7.
Rubite RR, Justo CA, Villasenor PC, ANGELES MD, Tandang DN, Lin CW. Three new species of Begonia (section Baryandra, Begoniaceae) from Samar Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2021 Aug 26;516(3):263-74.
Rubite RR, Brillantes RY, TANDANG DN, MORAN CB, Rule MG, Lin CW. Begonia benitotanii (section Petermannia, Begoniaceae) a new species endemic to the Philippine island of Bucas Grande. Phytotaxa. 2021 Aug 6;513(3):257-64.
Kono Y, Peng CI, Oginuma K, Rubite RR, Tseng YH, Yang HA, Chung KF. Cytological Study of Begonia Sect. Baryandra (Begoniaceae). Cytologia. 2021 Jun 25;86(2):133-41.
Nakamura K, Rubite RR, Kono Y, MACABASCO JV, Talana AD, Alejandro GJ, Ho MJ, Yang HA, Chung KF, PENG CI. Begonia× dinglensis, a natural hybrid of Philippine Begonia section Baryandra, as evidenced by morphological, phylogenetic and cytological data. Phytotaxa. 2021 Mar 31;494(1):151-64.
Rule MG, Ang YP, Rubite RR, Docot RV, Bustamante RA, Robinson AS. Begonia makuruyot (Begoniaceae, section Baryandra), a new species from Surigao del Norte Province, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2020 Nov 5;470(3):226-34.
Ang YP, Tandang DN, Rubite RR, BUSTAMANTE RA. Begonia beijnenii (Begoniaceae, section Baryandra), a new species of Begonia from San Vicente, Palawan, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2020 Aug 12;455(3):196-204.
Rubite RR, Irabagon ML, Palacio DJ, Ang YP, BUSTAMANTE RA. Begonia caramoanensis (sect. Baryandra, Begoniaceae) a new species from Camarines Sur, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2020 Apr 20;439(3):287-94.
Che-Wei LI, Rubite RR. Medinilla vexillifer (Melastomataceae: Dissochaeteae), an elegant new species from the Philippines. Taiwania. 2020 Apr 1;65(2):149-53.
Calaramo MA, Rubite RR, Pugal CM, Lin CW. New Species of Begonia section Baryandra (Begoniaceae) from Northwestern Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2019 Jun 26;407(1):36-42.
Liu SH, Tseng YH, Zure D, Rubite RR, Balangcod TD, PENG CI, Chung KF. Begonia balangcodiae sp. nov. from northern Luzon, the Philippines and its natural hybrid with B. crispipila, B.× kapangan nothosp. nov. Phytotaxa. 2019 Jun 26;407(1):5-21.
Hughes M, Peng CI, Lin CW, Rubite RR, Blanc P, Chung KF. Chloroplast and nuclear DNA exchanges among Begonia sect. Baryandra species (Begoniaceae) from Palawan Island, Philippines, and descriptions of five new species. PloS one. 2018 May 2;13(5):e0194877.
Rubite RR, Peng C, Chung K, Lin C, Evangelista LT, Tandang DN, Callado JR, Hughes M. Three new species of Begonia (section Baryandra, Begoniaceae) from Luzon Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2018;347(3):201-12.
Magtoto LM, Rubite RR, Austria CM. Begonia adamsensis (sect. Baryandra, Begoniaceae), a new species from Luzon Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2018;343(3):289-92.
Peng CI, Rubite RR, Lin CW, Hughes M, Kono Y, Chung KF. Three new species of Begonia sect. Baryandra from Panay Island, Philippines. Botanical studies. 2017 Dec;58(1):1-3.
Chung KF, Kuo WH, Hsu YH, Li YH, Rubite RR, Xu WB. Molecular recircumscription of Broussonetia (Moraceae) and the identity and taxonomic status of B. kaempferi var. australis. Botanical studies. 2017 Dec;58(1):1-2.
Peng C, Rubite RR, Lin C. Begonia polyclada (sect. Petermannia, Begoniaceae), a gracile new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2017;296(1):93-7.
Tandang DN, Rubite RR, Angeles Jr RT, De Guzman MC. Begonia titoevangelistae (sect. Baryandra, Begoniaceae) a new species from Catanduanes Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2016 Nov 1;282(4):273-81.
Rubite RR, Hughes M, Blanc P, Chung KF, Yang HA, Kono Y, Alejandro GJ, De Layola LB, Virata AG, Peng CI. Three new species of Begonia endemic to the puerto princesa subterranean river national park, Palawan. Botanical studies. 2015 Dec;56(1):1-4.
Hughes M, Rubite RR, Blanc P, Chung KF, Peng CI. The Miocene to Pleistocene colonization of the Philippine archipelago by Begonia sect. Baryandra (Begoniaceae). American journal of botany. 2015 May;102(5):695-706.
Chung KF, Leong WC, Rubite RR, Repin R, Kiew R, Liu Y, Peng CI. Phylogenetic analyses of Begonia sect. Coelocentrum and allied limestone species of China shed light on the evolution of Sino-Vietnamese karst flora. Botanical Studies. 2014 Dec;55(1):1-5.
Rubite RR, Kono Y, Yang HA. Begonia chingipengii (sect. Baryandra, Begoniaceae), a new species from Luzon Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2014 Apr 8;164(3):175-82.
Nakamura K, Kokubugata G, Rubite RR, Huang CJ, Kono Y, Yang HA, Lopez-Feliciano A, Labuguen ML, Yokota M, Peng CI. In situ glacial survival at the northern limit of tropical insular Asia by a lowland herb Begonia fenicis (Begoniaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2014 Mar 1;174(3):305-25.
Olivar JE, Brillantes RY, Rubite RR, Alejandro GJ. Evaluation of three candidate DNA barcoding loci in selected Ficus L.(Moraceae). International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research. 2014;3(9):43-8.
Rubite RR, Hughes M, Alejandro GJ, Peng CI. Recircumscription of Begonia sect. Baryandra (Begoniaceae): evidence from molecular data. Botanical Studies. 2013 Dec;54(1):1-5.
Nakamura K, Rubite RR, Kono Y, Callado JR, Peng CI. Begonia tandangii (Begoniaceae, section Baryandra), a new species from Luzon Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 2013 Nov 11;145(1):27-37.
Rubite RR. Begonia section Petermannia of Luzon Island, The Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2013;142:183-97.
Mancera JP, Ragragio EM, Su GL, Rubite RR. Plant Community Structure of a Secondary Forest at Barangay Camias, Porac, Pampanga, The Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2013;142:135-43.
Rivera Rubite R. Delimitation of Begonia L. sections Diploclinium and Baryandra (Begoniaceae) in the Philippines. Asia Life Sciences. 2012 Jul 1;21(2):363-73.
Nakamura K, Huang CJ, Rubite RR, Leong WC, Kono Y, Yang HA, Peng CI. Isolation of compound microsatellite markers in Begonia fenicis (Begoniaceae) endemic to East and Southeast Asian islands. American journal of botany. 2012 Jan;99(1):e20-3.
Thomas DC, Hughes M, Phutthai T, Ardi WH, Rajbhandary S, Rubite R, Twyford AD, Richardson JE. West to east dispersal and subsequent rapid diversification of the mega‐diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) in the Malesian archipelago. Journal of Biogeography. 2012 Jan;39(1):98-113.
Thomas DC, Hughes M, Phutthai T, Rajbhandary S, Rubite R, Ardi WH, Richardson JE. A non-coding plastid DNA phylogeny of Asian Begonia (Begoniaceae): evidence for morphological homoplasy and sectional polyphyly. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2011 Sep 1;60(3):428-44.
Hughes M, Rubite RR, Kono Y, Peng CI. Begonia blancii (sect. Diploclinium, Begoniaceae), a new species endemic to the Philippine island of Palawan. Bot Stud. 2011 Apr 1;52(2):203-9.
Hughes M, Coyle C, Rubite RR. A revision of Begonia section Diploclinium (Begoniaceae) on the Philippine Island of Palawan, including five new species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 2010 Mar;67(1):123-40.
Rubite RR. Systematic studies on Philippine Begonia L. section Diploclinium (Lindl.) A. DC.(Begoniaceae).
Rubite RR, Madulid DA. The rediscovery of Philippine Begonias. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 2009 Oct 30;54(1-2):267-8.